Service difficulty report · Girt Bar · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
February 5, 2014
Submitted
February 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N956FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
29115
Aircraft time
29,027 hours, 16,976 cycles
Part
Girt Bar
Condition
Dirty
Location
L1 Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
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

L1 DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH, SLIDE & WOULD NOT ARM. REMOVED ICE & DEBRIS FROM DOOR SILL & FOUND GIRT BAR WOULD NOT DISARM PROPERLY. DOOR NOW OPERATES CHECKED GOOD & SHOWS PROPER LOCKING & UNLOCKING INDICATION. CLEANED GIRT BAR, ATTACH POINT & LUBED. CYCLED DOOR CLOSED & ARMED SLIDE SEVERAL TIMES. NO DEFECTS NOTED, SLIDE ARMS & DISARMS NORMALLY.