SDR 98ZZZX2157

Service difficulty report · Bracket · Gulstm 560

Difficulty date
May 1, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N500UB
Make and model
Gulstm 560
Aircraft serial
5600052
Part
Bracket
Part number
5511231120
Condition
Broken
Location
Cabin Door
Part time
2,903 hours
Component
551123063
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

AFTER A FLIGHT, THE PILOT COULD NOT OPEN THE CABIN DOOR AND HAD TO CLIMB OUT THE EMERGENCY WINDOW. THE DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE EITHER. DISASSEMBLED THE DOOR, AS WELL, AND FOUND THE AFT LATCH PIN BELLCRANK BRACKET BROKEN WHICH CAUSED THE AFT DOOR LATCH PINS TO REMAIN EXTENDED. THE BRACKET HAD BEEN STRESSED BY LINKAGE ARM HITTING IT WHEN OPENED.