Service difficulty report · Girt Bar · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
May 1, 2021
Submitted
May 3, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N940FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
24772
Aircraft time
68,855 hours, 23,646 cycles
Part
Girt Bar
Part number
140N276218
Condition
Detached
Location
R1 Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

UPON OPENING R1 DOOR, NOTICED GIRT BAR SLIDER HAD FALLEN OFF. WHILE ATTEMPING TO SECURE SLIDER, R1 DOOR SLIDE LIBERATED FROM DOOR. ACCOMPLISHED ADJUSTMENT/TEST OF R1 DOOR GIRT BAR PER B757-200 AMM 52-11-25-5, FOUND LEAF SPRING ON FWD END OF GIRT BAR BENT AND NOT ALLOWING GIRT BAR SLIDER TO FULLY ENGAGED INTO GIRT BAR LIFTER ON DOOR WHEN DOOR IS OPENED. WILL REQUIRE NEW GIRT BAR, PART NOT STOCKED AT STATION. PART ON ORDER. R/R R1 DOOR GIRT BAR ASSY PER AMM 25-66-10-2. DOOR ARM/DISARM FUNCTIONS AS NORMAL NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.