Service difficulty report · Hinge · Beech B300C

Difficulty date
June 14, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B300C
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Hinge
Part number
508201844
Condition
Cracked
Location
Left Nlg Door
Part time
1,139 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.

What was found

(CAN) DURING AN AFTER FLIGHT WALK AROUND, NOTICED THAT THE LT NLG REAR DOOR HINGE WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE FROM THE DOOR SKIN. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, THE HINGE WAS CRACKED ON ONE OF THE UPPER HOLES. THE DOOR WAS REMOVED AS WELL AS THE HINGE ASSEMBLY. A NEW HINGE WAS ORDERED, BUT DURING INSTALLATION IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE HOLES IN THE HINGE DID NOT ALIGN WITH HOLES IN THE DOOR SKIN. ONE HOLE WAS SO POORLY ALIGNED THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO INSTALL THE HINGE. THE REST OF THE HOLES WERE ELONGATED & IN POOR CONDITION. WE THINK THE HINGE CRACKED DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP AT THE FACTORY DURING INSTALLATION OF THE HINGE TO THE DOOR. A REPLACEMENT DOOR WAS ORDERED.

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