SDR 96ZZZX847

Service difficulty report · Shut Off Door · Lear 35LEAR

Difficulty date
January 12, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N3818N
Make and model
Lear 35LEAR
Aircraft serial
D1047
Part
Shut Off Door
Part number
355505242
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Firewall
Part time
2,700 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.

What was found

ON ANNUAL INSPECTION, EMERGENCY AIR SHUT-OFF TO COCKPIT WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE OPERATIVE. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND BELLCRANK LOOSE FROM 'DOOR' BY RIVETS IN BELLCRANK HAVING COME OUT OF BELLCRANK. WHEN REMOVING UNIT FOR REPLACEMENT OF RIVETS, HINGE HOLDING DOOR IN PLACE HAD RIVETS, ALSO PULLED OUT, LEAVING DOOR AND ONE-HALF HINGE LOOSE. OTHER ONE-HALF OF HINGE ON DUCT FOUND CORRECTLY ATTACHED. MADE REPAIRS PER 43.13 AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. SYSTEM OPERATES NORMALLY.