Service difficulty report · Girt Bar · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 26, 2017
Submitted
January 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N787FD
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26685
Aircraft time
70,840 hours, 26,111 cycles
Part
Girt Bar
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
L1 Door Slide
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
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 SLIDE LIGHT NOT ILLUMINATING. OPERATED THE L1 DOOR SLIDE ARM AND DISARM FUNCTION SEVERAL TIMES IAW MM 25-66-01-6 AND THE LIGHT CAME ON EVERY TIME. TRIED ARMING SLIDE WITH LESS FORCE AND FOUND THAT SOMETIMES THE LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. VISUALLY INSPECTED GIRT BAR AND ARMING MECHANISM FOR DEFECTS, NONE FOUND. CLEANED AND THEN LUBED THE GIRT BAR ARMING MECHANISM. MADE A SMALL ADJUSTMENT IN GIRT BAR MECHANISM IAW MM 52-11-25-5. OPERATED THE SLIDE ARMING - DISARMING MECHANISM SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE LIGHT ILLUMINATING EACH TIME. L1 DOOR SLIDE ARM AND DISARM FUNCTION OPERATES NORMALLY IAW MM 52-11-25-5. OK FOR SERVICE.