Service difficulty report · Trigger · Cessna 525A

Difficulty date
March 29, 2022
Submitted
March 30, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N525KY
Make and model
Cessna 525A
Aircraft serial
525A0369
Aircraft time
5,098 hours, 4,046 cycles
Part
Trigger
Part number
551905514
Part serial
NA
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 800
Part time
5,098 hours, 4,046 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

UPON LANDING IN BCT, CREW ATTEMPTED TO EXIT AIRCRAFT THROUGH MAIN CABIN DOOR, THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACTUATE THE TRIGGER ON THE DOOR HANDLE, AND THUS UNABLE TO MOVE THE DOOR HANDLE TO THE OPEN POSITION. LINE SERVICE OPENED DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE, ALLOWING CREW TO DISEMBARK. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND TRIGGER STOP (UPPER MOST PORTION OF TRIGGER P/N 5519055-14) BROKE OFF FROM THE REST OF THE TRIGGER AND WAS JAMMED BEHIND TRIGGER, PREVENTING TRIGGER FROM BEING ABLE TO ACTUATE. REPLACED TRIGGER P/N 5519055-14 WITH NEW, OPS CHECK WAS GOOD.

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