Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date
February 1, 2012
Submitted
February 6, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N996FD
Make and model
Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial
26270
Aircraft time
39,083 hours, 14,958 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
L1
Stage of operation
CR
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

LEFT ENTRY DOOR IS DIFFICULT TO CLOSE, AND HAS A LOUD SQUEAL. NOISE OCCURS MOSTLY BETWEEN FL220-FL270 WITH A 7.0 - 8.0 DPSI. INSPECTED L1 DOOR FOUND LARGE GOUGE ON LOWER LEFT DOOR LATCH FITTING, DOOR APPEARS TO BE OUT OF RIG. REMOVED LINERS AND INSPECTED L1 DOOR IAW 52-11-00-6. NO DAMAGE NOTED BUT THERE IS ALOT OF PLAY IN THE UPPER HINGE AREA OF THE DOOR. OPERATED DOOR THROUGH FULL TRAVEL. LOWER CAM ROLLERS ENGAGE BEFORE UPPER ROLLERS. UPPER DOOR IS TO FAR INBD FOR UPPER ROLLERS TO ENGAUGE, PUSHING OUT ON THE TOP OF THE DOOR ALLOWS ROLLERS TO ENGAGE, AND DOOR TO CLOSE. FOUND DOOR NOT ENTERING DOOR FRAMED PARALLEL TO FRAME. ADJUSTED PASSENGER DOOR GUIDE ARM IAW AMM 52-11-04-2 AND VERIFIED DOOR ADJUSTMENT IAW AMM 52-11-00-5.

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