SDR AWXA960374

Service difficulty report · Latch Cam · Boeing 7572S7

Difficulty date
August 13, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N902AW
Make and model
Boeing 7572S7
Aircraft serial
23322
Part
Latch Cam
Condition
Out Of Range
Location
Aft Entry Door
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LAS - FLT 6 - LEFT AFT ENTRY DOOR EICAS LIGHT ILLUMINATED MOMENTARILY. FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTED, HANDLE CAME WAY UP AND HAD TO BE MANUALLY PUSHED DOWN TWICE. FOUND UPPER AFT LATCH CAM OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. ADJUSTED LATCH CAM PER 757 BMM 52-11-00. OPS CHECK GOOD, DOOR NOW NORMAL. SRTC ISSUED. CHECKED THE DOOR RIG PER 52-11-00, PAGE 501 AND THE DOOR IS RIGGED PROPERLY AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE WITH NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS. THE DOOR HANDLE OVER CENTER FORCE IS APPROXIMATELY 32 POUNDS. WHEN PRESSURIZED, THE A/C OVERCENTER HANDLE FORCE WAS LIGHTER, BUT IT WAS STILL VERY FIRM IN THE OVER CENTER POSITION. (M)

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