Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 727227

Difficulty date
January 16, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 727227
Aircraft time
67,020 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D9A
Part
Switch
Part number
21EN96
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Cargo Door
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE ENROUTE, THE MAIN CARGO DOOR WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT DECK WITH AN ASSOCIATED AMBER, DOOR NOT CLOSED, LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE MCD CONTROL PANEL. CREW NOTED NO CHANGE IN PRESSURIZATION. ACFT DIVERTED. WHILE PASSING THROUGH FL260 THE LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED, AND THEN REILLUMINATED 5 MIN LATER. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND CARRIED ON. MCD LIGHTS THEN EXTINGUISHED AGAIN WHILE FLYING THROUGH FL 140. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED AFT DOOR CLOSED MICROSWITCH AND TESTED THE DOOR SERVICEABLE. ACFT DEPARTED.