What was found
60 SECONDS AFTER T/O RECEIVED FWD CARGO DOOR-NOT CLOSED ON ECAM. ON FWD CARGO DOOR LATCH HANDLE FOUND "THUMB" SWITCH WAS STICKING CAUSING FAULTY INDICATON. LUBRICATED LATCH HANDLE "THUMB" SWITCH AS REQ OPS CK GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- November 29, 2017
- Submitted
- December 1, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N672FE
- Make and model
- Airbus A300F4605R
- Aircraft serial
- 779
- Aircraft time
- 28,405 hours, 15,595 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5270 · Door Warning System
- Part
- Switch
- Condition
- Lack Of Lube
- Location
- Cargo Door
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- N
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.