Service difficulty report · Door · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 31, 2024
Submitted
January 3, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48554
Aircraft time
98,999 hours, 21,610 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Slow
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

L SIDE MAIN DOOR CLOSES VERY SLOWLY AND WILL NOT OPEN. PRESSURE READING ZERO. WHILE T/S L1 DOOR FOUND PNEUMATIC CONTROL VALVE IN THE OPEN/ MANUAL CONFIG (AIR RESERVOIR EMPTY). RECONFIGURED PNEUMATIC CONTROL VALVE TO THE CLOSED POSITION AND SERVICED RESERVOIR TO PROPER PSI REF. AMM. L1 DOOR OPERATES PROPERLY AT THIS TIME REF. AMM. THIS ACTION REMOVES L1 DOOR FROM MEL STATUS. A/C OK FOR SERVICE WHILE T/S L1 DOOR FOUND PNEUMATIC CONTROL VALVE IN THE OPEN/ MANUAL CONFIG (AIR RESERVOIR EMPTY). RECONFIGURED PNEUMATIC CONTROL VALVE TO THE CLOSED POSITION AND SERVICED RESERVOIR TO PROPER PSI REF. AMM. L1 DOOR OPERATES PROPERLY AT THIS TIME REF. AMM. THIS ACTION REMOVES L1 DOOR FROM MEL STATUS. A/C OK FOR SERVICE

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