Service difficulty report · Vent · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
December 20, 2018
Submitted
December 24, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N542QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0091
Aircraft time
1,453 hours, 998 cycles
Part
Vent
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PASSING THROUGH FL200 EXPERIENCED MOMENTARY SEVERE TURBULENCE FOLLOWED WITH AMBER CAS MESSAGES: CABIN DOOR OPEN AND CHECK DOORS. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND DESCENDED TO 9000 FT. ON THE GROUND RAN THE CHECKLIST AND THE CAS MESSAGES CLEARED. INTERROGATED CDMS, FOUND CABIN DOOR OPEN ALERT ID 1403 (VENT DOOR PROX SWITCH) AND CHECK DOORS ALERT ID 1433 (MISCOMPARE BETWEEN VENT DOOR AND PAWL SOLENOID) IN FAULT HISTORY REF MM 45-40-00 VISUALLY INSPECTED VENT DOOR TARGET, PROX SWITCH, WIRING, CONNECTOR, SPLICES, CABIN DOOR TO AIRFRAME HARNESS /CONNECTOR WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. FOUND VENT DOOR RIGGING OUT OF TOLERANCE, ADJUSTED SWITCH TO PROPER CLEARENCE, CLOSED DOOR AND MANIPULATED VENT DOOR WHILE OBSERVING FOR CAS MESSAGES, OPS CHECK GOOD NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED, REF MM 52-70-10

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