Service difficulty report · Girt Bar · Boeing 7572Y0

Difficulty date
November 8, 2016
Submitted
November 14, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N973FD
Make and model
Boeing 7572Y0
Aircraft serial
26151
Aircraft time
48,938 hours, 21,404 cycles
Part
Girt Bar
Condition
Dirty
Location
L1 Door
Stage of operation
TX
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

L1 DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN, AFTER BLOCK IN. SUSPECT DOOR WAS CLOSED IMPROPERLY WHICH WILL PREVENT DOOR OPENING FROM OUTSIDE. FOUND DEBRIS IN THE GIRT BAR FLOOR FITTINGS. CLEANED AND LUBRICATED THE FLOOR FITTINGS AND GIRT BAR IAW MM 12-21-18-3. OPENED AND CLOSED DOOR FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO ISSUES IAW MM 52-11-00-2. OK FOR SERVICE.

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