What was found
DURING GROUND OPERATIONS FOUND DOOR 5L DIFFICULT TO OPEN. REPLACED BROKEN ROD END AND RIGGED DOOR PER AMM 52-11-09. DOOR FUNCTION TESTED GOOD AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- August 20, 2009
- Submitted
- September 9, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N669US
- Make and model
- Boeing 747451
- Aircraft serial
- 24224
- Aircraft time
- 82,807 hours, 10,159 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Rod End
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- L5 Door
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.