What was found
MED 1L GUST LOCK COLLAR ASSY BROKEN. SPV - FOUND BODY TORQUE TUBE DAMAGED ALONG WITH GUST LOCK. REMOVING DOOR FOR ACCESS TO TUBE. NEED TO REPLACE UPPER HALF, PART HERE IN THE MORNING, H5586 FROM BOEING.
- Difficulty date
- December 18, 2012
- Submitted
- December 20, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N549UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25397
- Aircraft time
- 79,349 hours, 22,870 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Torque Tube
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- L1 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.