# SDR CA010111005

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 12, 2000
- Submitted: January 19, 2001
- Operation: Air carrier
- Make and model: Pilats PC1245
- System (JASC): [5230 · Cargo/Baggage Doors](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5230)
- Part: Strut
- Part number: 5523012376
- Condition: Jammed
- Location: Cargo Door
- Part time: 1,684 hours
- Component: Cargo Door, Pilats, 5523012003
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CA010111005

## Discrepancy

(CAN) THE TELESCOPIC STRUT JAMMED WHILE THE DOOR WAS BEING LOWERED, WHICH CAUSED THE STRUT TO BEND. THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE DOOR TO BE STUCK AT A PARTIALLY CLOSED POSITION. THE STRUT HAD TO BE CUT TO ALLOW THE DOOR TO BE OPENED, AND THE STRUT THEN REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

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