Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 6, 2012
Submitted
July 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N543UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25698
Aircraft time
79,234 hours, 23,046 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Door
Condition
Stuck
Location
Rt Overwing
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

RT OVERWING EMERGENCY SLIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN WITH MANUAL HANDLE. FOUND DOOR WAS SEALED WITH OVER SPRAYED PAINT, PAINT WAS FOUND BETWEEN DOOR SEAL AND DOOR, LWR FWD LOCATION. REMOVED OLD GREASE FROM DOOR LATCH TUBE AND RE-LUBED. PERFORMED MANUAL AND PNEUMATIC DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM OPS TEST. OPS CHECKED GOOD.