Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cirrus SR22

Difficulty date
October 28, 2005
Submitted
December 1, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cirrus SR22
Aircraft serial
0920
Aircraft time
232 hours
Part
Actuator
Part number
12545001
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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, 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 PISTON ON DOOR SIDE HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED, DOOR HAD TO BE OPENED, THEN PISTON THAT WAS CAUGHT IN CONTROL STICK COULD BE REMOVED. AFTER REMOVAL, PLASTIC ROD END OF THE PISTON HAD BROKEN AND PISTON ROD HAD BENT. AFTER INVESTIGATION, DISCOVERED, THAT PISTON PLASTIC ROD END OF BOTH LT AND RT DOORS HAD BEEN DAMAGED AND WERE NOT FULLY LOCKING IN POSITION.

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