Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
April 2, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23742
Part
Door
Condition
Open
Location
E/E Compt
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P, W
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 84 - AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE AND THE COCKPIT WAS EXTREMELY NOISY. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT CLT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE E/E DOOR OPEN AND ALSO FOUND THE DOOR INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT WAS INOP. DOOR WAS CLOSED AND THE FLIGHT WAS DISPATCHED WITH THE E/E DOOR LGIHT INDICATION ON MEL. MAINTENANCE ADJUSTED THE E/E DOOR PROXIMITY SWITCH. DOOR INDICATION CHECK GOOD. REMOVED MEL. (M)