What was found
COCKPIT DOOR TAKES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO CLOSE-LATCH AND STRIKE MECHANISM NOT RETRACTNG PROPERLY. REPLACED DOOR LATCH ASSY, OPS CHECKED OK.
- Difficulty date
- August 12, 2012
- Submitted
- August 17, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N565UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26669
- Aircraft time
- 64,864 hours, 24,057 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5250 · Fixed Inner Doors
- Part
- Latch
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Cockpit Door
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.