# SDR 2013FA0000440

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: July 29, 2013
- Submitted: August 9, 2013
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N20873](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20873), registered now
- Make and model: Piper PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 287990027
- System (JASC): [5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5210)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2013FA0000440

## Discrepancy

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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