Service difficulty report · Door · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
November 20, 2016
Submitted
November 21, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48421
Aircraft time
81,503 hours, 18,196 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cabin
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 WILL NOT CLOSE ELECTRICALLY FORM INSIDE. CLOSE SWITCH, WILL CLOSE FROM OUTSIDE SWITCH. DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM WHEN USE INTERIOR CONTROL SWITCH TO CLOSE THE DOOR , THE DOOR AUTOMATICALLY REVERSERS DIRECTION TO UP WHEN SWITCH RELEASED TO CENTER POSITION. EXTERIOR SWITCH WORKING NORMAL. THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND TO BE INTERMITTENT.

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