Service difficulty report · Girt Bar · Boeing 75728A

Difficulty date
January 17, 2018
Submitted
January 19, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967FD
Make and model
Boeing 75728A
Aircraft serial
26269
Aircraft time
55,929 hours, 19,653 cycles
Part
Girt Bar
Condition
Dirty
Location
L1 Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 ENTRY DOOR WILL NOT ARM. REMOVED GIRT BAR FROM FLOOR FITTINGS. WITH GIRT BAR REMOVED, DOOR ARMING & DISARMIG LEVER OPS SMOOTH AND NO BINDING. MANUALLY SLID FWD AND AFT BAR LOCKS ON GIRT BAR FOUND BAR LOCKS VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE. GREASE IN GIRT BAR FITTINGS. GIRT BAR LEAF SPRING AND GIRT BAR LOCKS FOUND CONTAMINATED WITH DIRT AND SALT. CLEANED AND LUBRICATED THE BAR LOCKS AND GIRT BAR FITTINGS. INSTALLED GIRT BAR, AND OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 25-66-01-4. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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