Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 30, 2013
Submitted
January 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24763
Aircraft time
75,639 hours, 28,176 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Door Frame
Condition
Damaged
Location
L2 Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DOOR LEAK AT 2L, FOUND DOOR FRAME VERY ROUGH AT SEAL INTERFACE. FOUND LARGE GAPS IN SEAL AT LOWER GATE AREA. SMOOTHED & CONTOURED FRAME AREA, FILLED GAPS IN SEAL AT LOWER GATE.