Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Beech A100

Difficulty date
June 22, 2011
Submitted
September 9, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech A100
Aircraft time
16,584 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Door Frame
Part number
50430043865
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

DURING 3000 CYCLE AIRFRAME INSPECTION, MX CREWS FOUND CRACKS ON AFT PASSENGER DOOR FRAME, PN 50-430043-865 FROM LOWER AFT LOCKING PIN TO THE PIN MOUNTING SCREWS. DOOR WAS REMOVED AND DISASSEMBLED. CRACKS WERE ALSO FOUND AT THE LOWER HINGE ATTACH CHANNEL PN 50-430043-619 AND AT THE FORWARD INTERCOSTAL, PN 50-430043-1183. ALL PARTS WERE REPLACED WITH NEW.

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