What was found
TENSION SPRING ON UPPER CABIN DOOR LATCH BECAME DISCONNECTED. CAUSED THE UPPER DOOR LATCH NOT TO LATCH/SEAL, ALLOWED RAIN TO ENTER.
- Difficulty date
- September 11, 2007
- Submitted
- September 26, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N464WA
- Make and model
- Piper PA34200T
- Aircraft serial
- 347870189
- Engine
- Cont TSIO360*
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Spring
- Part number
- 6304500
- Condition
- Disconnected
- Location
- Pax Door
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.