SDR CWQR201006

Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
December 14, 2010
Submitted
December 15, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N844QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600629
Aircraft time
5,884 hours, 4,581 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW535A
Part
Door
Condition
Stuck
Location
Emergency Exit
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CWQR) DURING A SCHEDULED MX EVENT, THE EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR WAS REMOVED. REMOVAL OF THE EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR WAS FOUND TO BE VERY DIFFICULT. REQUIRED 2 TECHS AND 10 MINUTES TO WORK DOOR LOOSE. THE OPERATOR VERIFIED THAT EMERGENCY DOOR INSP ASL-560-52-04 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN COMPLIED WITH. BELIEVE THAT SINCE THE LAST INSP THE DOOR FRAME AND SEAL HAD TAKEN SET AND THE SEAL HAD ADHEARED TO THE EMERGENCY EXIT FRAME. REPLACED THE E-EXIT DOOR SEAL, COMPLIED WITH EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR OPS TEST AND REINSTALLED DOOR AND PREFORMED ACFT PRESSUE CHECK. OPS CHECKED GOOD.