Service difficulty report · Girt Bar · Boeing 75728A

Difficulty date
August 18, 2012
Submitted
August 30, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N912FD
Make and model
Boeing 75728A
Aircraft serial
24260
Aircraft time
61,937 hours, 20,798 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211535E4
Part
Girt Bar
Condition
Damaged
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

LEFT FORWARD DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE OR OPEN. APPEARS TO HAVE JUMPED OFF A ROLLER. REMOVED SLIDE PACK COVER FROM L1 DOOR. FOUND GIRT BAR SLIDER NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR OF AFT FLOOR FITTING. FOUND ONCE GIRTBAR WAS FREED, THE MODE SELECTOR WAS FULLY DISARMED WITH DOOR PARTIALLY OPEN CAUSING DOOR TO BIND DUE TO GIRT BAR. OPENED AND CLOSED DOOR SEVERAL TIMES DOOR OPS NORMAL PER MM 52-11-00-2. CHECKED GIRT BAR PER MM 52-11-25-5. GIRT BAR ARMS AND DISARMS NORMAL.

More about the Boeing 757-28A