Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
May 6, 2010
Submitted
May 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N776UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26937
Aircraft time
57,753 hours, 10,558 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Door
Condition
Damaged
Location
L2
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

JET WAY AUTO LEVELER APPEARED TO FAIL AND DAMAGED DOOR 2L BOTTOM AND HINGE AREA. SLIDE REMOVED AND DOOR HAS BEEN CONFIRMED LATCHED. PRESSURIZATION CHECKS GOOD. REPLACED SLIDE. DOOR BENT AT LWR CORNER. REPLACED PANEL. PERFORMED AN INTERNAL & EXTERNAL DETAILED VISUAL INSP OF THE NR 2 LT PASSENGER ENTRY DOOR. ATTENTION TO THE HINGE ATTACH FITTINGS AND LOWER PORTION OF THE DOOR ASSY, THE GIRT BAR MECHANISM AND ATTACH POINTS. PERFORMED AN HFEC INSP AT DOOR ATTACH FTG ATTACH POINTS. CKD DOOR RIG & PERFORMED PASSENGER ENTRY DOOR SYS TEST. REMOVED DOOR. HFEC INSPECTED, NO CRACKS FOUND.