SDR AMSA102805

Service difficulty report · Strut · Cirrus SR22

Difficulty date
October 28, 2005
Submitted
December 1, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cirrus SR22
Aircraft serial
0920
Aircraft time
232 hours
Part
Strut
Part number
12545001
Condition
Damaged
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
Z
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

PILOT SIDE DOOR PISTON, THAT GOT DISCONNECTED AND JAMMED PILOT'S CONTROL STICK. THERE IS NO WAY, THAT AC COULD BE FLOWN IN THIS CONDITION. IN ORDER TO FREE CONTROLS, DOOR UPHOLSTERY HAD TO BE REMOVED AND PISTON ON DOOR SIDE HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED, DOOR HAD TO BE OPENED AND THEN THE PISTON THAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE CONTROL STICK COULD BE REMOVED. AFTER REMOVAL, FOUND THAT THE PLASTIC ROD END OF THE PISTON HAD BROKEN AND THE PISTON ROD HAD BENT. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER INFORMED IMMEDIATELY THE COPA. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN. AFTER INVESTIGATION, DISCOVERED, THAT THE PISTON PLASTIC ROD END OF BOTH LT AND RT DOORS HAD BEEN DAMAGED AND WERE NOT FULLY LOCKING IN POSITION.

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