Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 5, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft time
36,242 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Frozen
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) UPON ARRIVAL THE FLIGHT CREW COULD NOT OPEN THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. THE MECHANISM INSIDE THE DOOR WAS FROZEN, SO THE DOOR HANDLE COULD NOT BE TURNED FROM THE INSIDE. A PERSON STANDING OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO OPERATE THE OUTER DOOR HANDLE IN TANDEM WITH THE CREW TURNING THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR. EVENTUALLY THE LINKAGE WAS FREED UP AND THE DOOR OPENED.

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