What was found
FOUND DETENT ARM BROKEN OFF ON UPPER STEP ASSEMBLY. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS ROUGH HANDLING OR MISALIGNMENT SUSPECT CAUSE. STRONGER DETENT ARM NEEDED.
- Difficulty date
- April 18, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N98QS
- Make and model
- Cessna S550
- Aircraft serial
- S5500098
- System (JASC)
- 5260 · Entrance Stairs
- Part
- Step
- Part number
- 651900948
- Condition
- Arm Broken
- Location
- Detent Arm
- Part time
- 7,855 hours
- 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.