Service difficulty report · Spring · Boeing 737*

Difficulty date
March 6, 2023
Submitted
March 6, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N17719
Make and model
Boeing 737*
Aircraft serial
28938
Aircraft time
75,914 hours, 27,313 cycles
System (JASC)
5200 · Doors
Part
Spring
Part number
00059533069
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Door 1l
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DOOR L1 EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE DOES NOT RETRACT FLUSH WITH ACFT WITHOUT MANUAL ASSISTANCE USED: 00-0595-3-3069,QTY :1 29-5211-3-0109,QTY :1 29-5211-3-0106,QTY :1 29-5211-3-0103,QTY :1 REMOVED AND REPLACED L1 DOOR HANDLE SPRING. UPON INSTALLATION OF DOOR HANDLE ASSY, FOUND CAM MECHANISM NOT ROTATING. NEED SLIDE AND LINER REMOVAL TO GAIN ACCESS. PLACED EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR HANDLE ASSY WITH HARDWARE ON F/O''S SEAT IN COCKPIT. PARTS INSTALLED HANDLE MECHANISM L1 DOOR IAW TASK 52-11-11-400-802. CYCLED HANDLE AND OPERATED DOOR SEVERAL CYCLES NO DEFECTS NOTED. EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE RETRACTS NORMALLY OK TO CONTINUE.