Service difficulty report · Rod · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
December 13, 2006
Submitted
January 19, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft time
59,799 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Rod
Part number
6557204520
Condition
Bent
Location
Cargo Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) ON ROTATION, NR 2 CARGO DOOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NR 3 ENGINE SURGED AND A SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE WAS CARRIED OUT. THE A/C LANDED SAFELY, WHERE A LEVEL 1 BORESCOPE INSPECTION WAS CARRIED OUT, WITH NO FOD DAMAGE FOUND. UPON INSPECTION, THE CARGO DOOR WAS FOUND TO BE OPEN BUT IN THE LATCHED POSITION. THE CARGO DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND 4 BENT DOOR HINGE ROD ARMS. THE NR 2 CARGO DOOR, HINGE ARMS AND POSITIONING SWITCH WERE REPLACED. THE ASSEMBLY FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC NR 20061219028)