Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
January 15, 2009
Submitted
January 23, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N173UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24380
Aircraft time
73,075 hours, 8,286 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Door
Condition
Departed
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D, E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LOUD NOISE & VIBRATION. RTFL. NR 1 AIR COND PACK ACCESS DOOR PANEL 191AL WAS BROKEN AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PANEL HAD DEPARTED THE AIRPLANE. INSTALLED FWD HINGE ON NEW REPLACEMENT PANEL 191AL. NEEDS OTHER TWO HINGES AND PANEL INSTALLATION. INSTALLED PANEL, HINGES FOUND IN PLACE. ALL THREE HINGES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ATTACH BOLTS WERE FOUND SECURE AND WERE REINSTALLED.