Service difficulty report · Door · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
February 24, 2014
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
2,450 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Part
Door
Condition
Frozen
Location
Aft Service
Part time
2,857 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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) ON ARRIVAL THE AFT SERVICE DOOR WAS FOUND FROZEN AND WOULD NOT OPEN. THE DOOR WAS THAWED AS THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT BUILD UP OF FROST ON THE DOOR SEAL. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE DOOR. SINCE THIS DOOR IS CLASSED AS AN EMERGENCY EXIT IT IS REQUIRED TO BE OPERATIONAL. IT HAS BEEN NOTED INTERNALLY VIA OUR SMS REPORTING, THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON OCCURRENCE DURING EXTREME COLD WEATHER. ACFT TSN 2857, CSN 2110.