Service difficulty report · Pin · Piper PA28181

Difficulty date
July 29, 2013
Submitted
August 9, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N20873
Make and model
Piper PA28181
Aircraft serial
287990027
Part
Pin
Condition
Broken
Location
Door Handle
Part time
1,752 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

HANDLE OF CABIN ENTRY DOOR POPPED AND BECAME INOPERATIVE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED PIN HAD BROKEN THAT CONNECTED INSIDE DOOR HANDLE TO LATCH TUBE INSIDE THE DOOR. A LARGER CLEVIS PIN BE INSTALLED BY DRILLING OUT THE WELDED HEAD OF THE ORIGINAL PIN, AND INSTALLED.

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