Service difficulty report · Release Mech · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
January 5, 2020
Submitted
January 6, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N342QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800214
Aircraft time
11,147 hours, 7,188 cycles
Part
Release Mech
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Main Door
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

MAIN DOOR DID NOT OPEN/CLOSE - AFTER PARKING, WITH BOTH BATTERY MASTER SWITCHES ON, THE MAIN CABIN DOOR RED BUTTON WOULD NOT DEPRESS AND THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE. THE PRECATCH RELEASE LEVER ALSO WOULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR. AFTER APPROXIMATLY 5 MINUTES THE RED BUTTON IN THE DOOR HANDLE OPERATED NOTMALLY AND WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. WE DID NOT EXPERIENCE INDICATIONS THAT THE AIRCAFT DID NOT DEPRESURRIZE NORMALLY. THE PRECATCH RELEASE LEVER WILL NOT STOW. ( CORRECTIVE ACTION) REPOSITIONED THE PRECATCH RELEASE IN THE CORRECTG ORIENTATION WITH THE CAM, OPS CHECK OF THE DOOR GOOD WITH NO CAS MESSAGE NOTED RE CE680 AMM 52-10-00