Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
March 21, 2006
Submitted
June 6, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Part
Door
Part number
6556235159
Condition
Missing
Location
Hyd Bay
Part time
68,406 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AIRCRAFT WAS LEAVING ON-ROUTE. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPROX. 12000 FT. THE CREW NOTICED A VIBRATION. ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED. AFTER TAXIING TO THE RAMP THE MAINTENANCE PERSON NOTICED THAT THE HYDRAULIC SERVICING BAY DOOR WAS MISSING. AN INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MAINTENANCE PERSON HAD NOT CLOSED THE DOOR PROPERLY. NOT ALL LATCHES HAD NOT BEEN CLOSED PROPERLY. SERVICEABLE DOOR AND HINGE WAS INSTALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC NR 20060321003)