Service difficulty report · Strut · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
February 19, 2021
Submitted
February 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N544QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0093
Aircraft time
3,255 hours, 2,147 cycles
Part
Strut
Part number
528001283
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Defective
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
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

MAIN DOOR: REPEAT WRITE-UP. THE MAIN CABIN DOOR DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY FALL UPON OPENING THE DOOR. CREW HAD TO PUSH ON IT TO GET THE DOOR TO CONTINUE TO GO DOWN. WE CLOSED THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE AND TRIED OPENING AND THE DOOR POPPED OUT OF THE FRAME BUT DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY COME DOWN. REMOVED AND REPLACED GAS STRUT. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF MAIN CABIN DOOR. OPS CHECK GOOD. MAIN CABIN DOOR FALLS WITHOUT ASSIST OF PERSONNEL. MAIN CABIN DOOR AUTOMATICALLY COMES DOWN. NO FURTHER MAINTENANCE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. ALL MAINTENANCE PERFORMED IAW CESSNA MODEL 680A AMM 52-10-40.

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