Service difficulty report · Gust Lock · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
July 19, 2015
Submitted
July 20, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N947FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
24882
Aircraft time
539 hours, 26,508 cycles
Part
Gust Lock
Part number
140N60081
Part serial
S066
Condition
Failed
Location
L1 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

UPON ARRIVAL, THE L1 DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN & WAS JAMMED WITH THE UPPER & LOWER FLIPPER DOORS PARTIALLY OPENED. R & R THE GUST LOCK & HOLD OPEN LOCK ON THE L1 DOOR IAW AMM 52-11-08-8. OPERATIONS CHECK FAILED DUE TO SEVERE BINDING ON FIRST UNIT INSTALLED SN S-066. REMOVED & INSTALLED ANOTHER UNIT SN S-053, GUST LOCK, & IT OPERATED NORMAL. CLOSED PANEL 221AL. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.