Service difficulty report · Door Mechanism · Doug DC1010

Difficulty date
December 18, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1813U
Make and model
Doug DC1010
Aircraft serial
46612
Engine
Ge CF66D
Part
Door Mechanism
Part number
NBA62622
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Door 1r
Stage of operation
IN
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

WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS IN FOR A C-CHECK, A ROUTINE OPERATIONAL CHECK OF DOOR 1R EMERGENCY PNEUMATIC ACTUATION SYS WAS PERFORMED. THE DOOR OPENED APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES AND STOPPED, BECOMING JAMMED ON A PIECE OF ADJACENT STRUCTURE. THE DOOR RIG WAS ADJUSTED PER JIC 20002515 (MM 52-11-00) AND THE DOOR OPERATION WAS RE-TESTED IN BOTH PNEUMATIC AND ELECTRIC MODES. DOOR OPERATED SUCESSFULLY THREE TIMES.

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