Service difficulty report · Plunger · Dhav DHC2MKI

Difficulty date
July 17, 2007
Submitted
August 3, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC2MKI
Aircraft time
5,933 hours
Engine
Pwa R985AN14B
Propeller
Hamstd 2D30
Part
Plunger
Part number
SAL2D864
Condition
Seized
Location
Door Switch
Part time
1,090 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

(CAN) AT INSPECTION OBSERVED THE FRONT DOOR HANDLE IN OPEN POSITION BUT STILL ABLE TO START ENGINE. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND WITH DOOR OPEN MANUALLY OPERATING PLUNGER ON FORWARD DOOR LOCK OUT SWITCH ON LOWER DOOR SILL, FOUND SWITCH PLUNGER SEIZED IN CLOSED POSITION. THIS CAN ALLOW AIRCRAFT TO BE STARTED WITH FORWARD DOOR NOT LATCHED PROPERLY. RECTIFICATION IS TO REPLACE SEIZED SWITCH PLUNGER AND LUBRICATE SWITCHES ON A REGULAR BASIS. (TC NR 20070717019)