What was found
THE TAIL CONE HANDLE AFT ENTRY DOOR REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE TO OPEN. THE DOOR HINGES AND HANDLE MECHANISM WERE LUBRICATED. A PULL TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 53-53-00 AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- September 17, 2003
- Submitted
- September 18, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N16806
- Make and model
- Doug DC982
- Aircraft serial
- 49260
- Aircraft time
- 53,840 hours, 30,954 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5350 · Aerodynamic Fairings
- Part
- Handle
- Condition
- Lack Of Lube
- Location
- Tailcone
- 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.