Service difficulty report · Sill · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
July 21, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
12,291 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Sill
Part number
504300431329
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cargin Doorway
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

MAIN CABIN DOOR WAS FOUND DIFFICULT TO OPEN. UPON DETAILED INSP OF THE DOOR SILL (TOP OF DOOR CAP) PN 50-430043-1329 WAS FOUND CRACKED. CRACK EXTENDED FROM AFT FWD TO MID POINT. CRACK WAS OBSCURED BY ATTACHMENT HINGE. DUE TO SILL HINGE NOT DISTRIBUTING PASSENGER WEIGHT, EXCESSIVE BEARING LOAD WAS TRANSMITTED TO PIVOT HINGE, PN 50-430043-547 CAUSING DEFORMATION AS WELL AS CRACKING THE DOOR`S VERTICAL BULKHEADS.