Service difficulty report · Mount · Beech 300BEECH

Difficulty date
December 3, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 300BEECH
Aircraft time
4,213 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4MP3
Part
Mount
Part number
1015140651
Condition
Damaged
Location
Airstair Door
Part time
4,118 hours
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) AFTER THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED FROM A MEDIVAC MISSION, THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT THE AIR STAIR DOOR UPPER DOOR DAMPER ATTACHMENT BRACKET WAS LOOSE AND POSSIBLY BROKEN. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED AND DISCOVERED THAT THE AIR STAIR DOOR DAMPER ATTACHMENT BASE ASSY FOR THE AIR STAIR DOOR DAMPER AT THE UPPER END WAS BROKEN OFF, ASSY PN 101-514065-1. MAINTENANCE CARRIED OUT AN INSPECTION, AND REPLACED THE DOOR DAMPER BASE ASSY PN 101-514065-1 AND DOOR DAMPER ATTACHMENT BRACKET, MAINTENANCE ALSO REPLACED THE AIR STAIR DOOR DAMPER ATTACHMENT BOLTS. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.