Service difficulty report · Access Door · Amd FALCON50MYST

Difficulty date
January 23, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Amd FALCON50MYST
Engine
Garrtt TFE7313
Part
Access Door
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
E, W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ACCESS DOOR OPENED IN-FLIGHT. VIBRATION NOTED IN CRUISE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF FASTENERS AND THE SAFETY IS INADQUATE. THE FASTENERS WERE REMOVED FROM THE DOOR AND INSTALLED IN THE RECEPTACLES AND THE FIT WAS OK. ONCE THE FASTENERS WERE INSTALLED IN THE DOOR, THE SAFETY WAS UNSATISFACTORY. INVESTIGATOR SUSPECTS THAT THE FASTENERS ARE TOO SHORT. IN ADDITION, HE NOTES THAT IF THE FORWARD EDGE CAMLOC WERE TO FAIL OR BE IMPROPERLY ATTACHED, THERE WOULD BE A LENGTH OF 21 INCHES ON THE FORWARD EDGE IN THE AIRFLOW NOT SAFTIED.