Service difficulty report · Door Latch · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
December 28, 2011
Submitted
January 3, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N911EM
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft serial
3603
Aircraft time
3,900 hours
Part
Door Latch
Condition
Loose
Location
Zone 800
Part time
3,900 hours
Stage of operation
DE
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

DURING FLIGHT APPROX 8 MINUTES FROM LANDING, FLIGHT NURSE STATED THE LT SLIDING DOOR HAD POPPED OPEN IN FLIGHT. PILOT SLOWED THE ACFT AND FLIGHT NURSE WAS ABLE TO RELATCH THE DOOR WITHOUT LANDING. APPROX 5 MINUTES FROM FINAL DESTINATION, THE SAME LT SLIDING DOOR HANDLE CAME UP BUT THE DOOR DID NOT OPEN. ACFT LANDED AT DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX WAS NOTIFIED: THE DOOR LATCH WAS ADJUSTED, LUBED AND OPERATIONALLY CHECKED PRIOR TO FLIGHT. A MX CHECK FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE MX PERFORMED ON THE LT SLIDING DOOR: NO ANOMOLIES WERE NOTED AND ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.