Service difficulty report · Spring · Boeing 757230

Difficulty date
June 23, 2021
Submitted
July 23, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N999FD
Make and model
Boeing 757230
Aircraft serial
24748
Aircraft time
69,379 hours, 27,294 cycles
Part
Spring
Condition
Binding
Location
R1 Girt Bar
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

AT BLOCK IN, R1 DOOR WAS DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND SLIDE COVER BECAME DISENGAGED. REINSTALLED COVER AND PERFORMED OPS CK OF R1 DOOR. FOUND WHILE DISARMING DOOR SLIDE, THE AFT LEAF SPRING ON GIRT BAR CAUSES CONTACT ISSUES ON GIRT BAR SLIDER. DOOR CLOSES OK AND ARMS OK, BUT IS DIFFICULT TO DISARM AND THEREFORE OPEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED R1 GIRT BAR IAW AMM 25-66-10-2. OPS CHECK GOOD.