Service difficulty report · Line · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
October 25, 2002
Submitted
October 25, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
7046
Aircraft time
3,525 hours, 4,494 cycles
Engine
Garrtt TFE7314R
Part
Line
Condition
Chafed
Location
Door Seal
Part time
3,525 hours, 4,494 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT CLOSED MAIN CABIN DOOR. UPON LOCKING DOOR CREW HEARD HISSING NOISE FROM DOOR AND DOOR SEAL WOULD NOT INFLATE. INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED LINE HAD BEEN CHAFED THROUGH BY A FLIGHT CONTROL CABLE. LINE IS FOR MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR SEAL INFLATION. HOWEVER OPENING AND CLOSING OF DOOR STILL PUSHES THE LINE IN AND OUT ALLOWING IT TO CHAFED. THIS AREA IS INSPECTED EVERY PHASE 5 WHICH IS 1200 HOURS OR 36 MONTHS WHICH EVER OCCURS FIRST. SUGGEST THIS AREA BE INSPECTED DURING ONE THE PHASE ONE THROUGH FOURS.

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