What was found
(CAN) WHILE PERFORMING PHASE 3 CHECK, VISUAL INSPECTION OF MAIN CABIN DOOR UPPER AFT LATCHING ROD REVEALED A CRACK STARTING FROM HOLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.25" IN LENGTH. PART REPLACED BY NEW.
- Difficulty date
- January 26, 2012
- Submitted
- September 14, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Beech C90
- Aircraft time
- 6,125 hours
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A135A
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCD4N3C
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Rod
- Part number
- 5043001611
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Latch Upper Aft
- Part time
- 6,361 hours
- 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.