Service difficulty report · Dampener · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
December 6, 2000
Submitted
December 20, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N411FX
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
102
Part
Dampener
Part number
Z10282301561133N
Part serial
6798300500
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
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

FOUND LOWER MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR GAS DAMPENERS INEFFECTIVE. ORDERED NEW PARTS FROM MFG. UPON RECEIPT OF NEW PARTS FOUND THREADED END AT LOWER DOOR ATTACH POINT NOT DRILLED FOR COTTER PIN. AFTER ORDERING ANOTHER REPLACEMENT SAME DISCREPANCY WAS NOTED. AFTER ORDERING A THIRD REPLACEMENT, THE SAME DISCREPANCY WAS NOTED AGAIN. ALSO, LEARJET''S OWN BLUEPRINT DOES NOT SHOW THIS HOLE. (X)