Service difficulty report · Door · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 19, 2018
Submitted
January 22, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N918DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49583
Aircraft time
75,492 hours, 57,993 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Missing
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PASSING APPROXIMATELY 25,000, FT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VIBRATE. SPEED WAS 300 KIAS. SLOWING REDUCED, BUT DID NOT ELIMINATE THE VIBRATION. DURING DESCENT AND LEVELING AT 17K, 280 KIAS, THE VIBRATION SUDDENLY STOPPED. INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FOUND THE RT APU DOOR MISSING. REPLACED RT APU DOOR IAW AMM 52-45-00. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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