Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date
November 25, 2022
Submitted
November 29, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N542US
Make and model
Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial
26489
Aircraft time
78,991 hours, 29,405 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Noisy
Location
L2
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

SHIP 5642 DOOR L2 DURING CLIMB SLIDEARMED LIGHT WENT OUT, ALSO SOME WHISTLING FROM DOOR AREA WAS HEARD, WHICH WENT AWAY. NOTE DOOR ARMING MECHANISM DIFFICULT TO ARM/DISARM. CORRECTIVE ACTION: PRESSURIZED A/C, FOUND LEAK ON FWD UPPER HINGE AREA. INSPECTED DOOR SEAL. NO CUTS OR TEARS NOTED. FOUND FWD CLOSE UP SEAL LOOSE AND INTERFERING WITH DOOR SEAL. ADJUSTED AND SECURED L2 DOOR CLOSE OUT SEAL, PRESSURIZED A/C. NO NOISE NOTED. T/S DOOR ARMING MECHANISM PER FIM B757 52-11. FOUND DEBRIS IN GIRT BAR FLOOR FITTING. CLEANED AND LUBED PER B757 AMM 12-21. L2 DOOR ARMING OPS CHECK GOOD. SLIDE ARM LIGHT OPS CHECK GOOD.