Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
January 18, 2013
Submitted
January 21, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N33264
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
31584
Aircraft time
39,198 hours, 12,658 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Loose
Location
R2
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, ACFT FAILED TO PRESSURIZE, F/A IN AFT CALLED AND SAID AFT DOOR R2 CLOSED, HANDLE SET CLOSED BUT HE COULD SEE A SPACE BETWEEN DOOR AND ACFT. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. NO DOOR LIGHT ON OVERHEAD. FOUND FWD EDGE OF R2 DOOR NOT FAIRED. CLOSED DOOR PROPERLY AND FOUND DOOR FAIRED. LUBRICATED DOOR GUIDE ARM AND TIGHTENED ALL HARDWARE. DOOR OPERATES NORMAL. DOOR LIGHT OPERATES NORMAL AND FWD EDGE OF DOOR ALWAYS GRABS THE CATCH AND CLOSES NORMAL.