SDR ASOA02060

Service difficulty report · Warning System · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
January 28, 2002
Submitted
February 25, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N854AS
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7382
Part
Warning System
Condition
False Activation
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB-OUT OF SDF, AT APPROXIMATELY 12,000 FEET, THE CAPTAIN RECEIVED A PAX DOOR LATCH CAUTION MESSAGE. AT THIS POINT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT PHYSICALLY VERIFIED THAT THE ALIGNMENT MARKS WERE IN THE CORRECT POSITION. THE CAPTAIN THEN RECEIVED A PAX DOOR WARNING MESSAGE AND AN AURAL DOOR MESSAGE. WHEN THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WENT TO VERIFY THE ALIGNMENT MARKS AGAIN, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TOP TWO CAM LATCHES HAD MOVED AND WERE NO LONGER POSITIONED CORRECTLY. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMEREGNCY DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET WHERE IT LEVELED OFF AND WAS DEPRESSURIZED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SDF AND LANDED SAFELY BUT OVERWEIGHT. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. MAINTENA