Service difficulty report · Counterbalance · Lkheed 10113851

Difficulty date
March 31, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1731D
Make and model
Lkheed 10113851
Aircraft serial
193C1200
Part
Counterbalance
Condition
Failed
Location
R4 Door
Component
1313T10013
Stage of operation
IN
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

A/C IS IN FOR LETTER CHECK, OPNS 52148 & 68115 BOTH PERTAINING TO INSPECTION AND OPERATION OF PASSENGER AND EMERGENCY DOORS. FOUND R4 DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN COMPLETELY. NON-ROUTINE CARD 160 WAS INITIATED. FURTHER EVALUATION FOUND FAILURE OF THE COUNTERBALANCE TO BE THE CAUSE. REPLACED SAME.