SDR UPS98425539

Service difficulty report · Escape Hatch · Boeing 747123

Difficulty date: January 22, 1998
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N675UP
Make and model: Boeing 747123
Aircraft serial: 20390
System (JASC): 5220 · Emergency Exits
Part: Escape Hatch
Condition: Will Not Stow
Location: Cockpit
Stage of operation: IN
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

INSPECTION TYPE-N/A, COCKPIT CEILING ESCAPE HATCH OUTSIDE LATCH WILL NOT STAY STOWED, BY OPERATING INTERIOR LATCH OUTSIDE HANDLE POPS UP. REF MM 52-21-00, CLEANED AND LUBED EXIT HATCH HANDLE AND INTERIOR MECHANISM, REMOVED BUFF FROM HANDLE GUIDE. OPERATED DOOR SEVERAL TIMES, NO DEFECTS NOTED.