Service difficulty report · Girt Bar · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
March 11, 2001
Submitted
March 29, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N646DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
24217
Aircraft time
41,456 hours, 20,825 cycles
Part
Girt Bar
Condition
Broken
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

L 4 DOOR GIRT BAR BROKEN AND GUST ASSIST BOTTLE ACTIVATED C/A REPLACED L 4 DOOR GIRT BAR AND DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE. REPLACED L4 DOOR SLIDE PRECAUTIONARY. (IT DID NOT DEPLOY,DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING GIRT BAR.) ORIGINAL PROBLEM WAS FLT ATT COULD NOT ARM L4 DOOR. BWI MTC ARMED DOOR AND OPENED, ACTIVATING ASSIST BOTTLE. A/C FERRIED TO ATL FOR MTC.