Service difficulty report · Door · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
May 22, 2015
Submitted
May 26, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4049
Aircraft time
33,172 hours, 34,776 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
IN
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.

What was found

NLG ALTERNATE EXTENSION RELEASE DOOR DOES NOT SIT FLUSH WITH THE FLIGHT DECK FLOORING AT THE FORWARD END. INSPECTED COMPARTMENT AND FOUND FOD ALONG THE DOOR MATING SURFACE AND TWO LAYERS OF FLOOR COVERING ALONG THE FORWARD EDGE. CLEANED FOD AND TRIMMED FLOORING. DOOR NOW FLUSH AND OPERATES NORMALLY.