Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
October 26, 2020
Submitted
November 5, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N602QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605518
Aircraft time
13,547 hours, 10,611 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Binding
Location
Main Pax
Stage of operation
NR
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

NO RESISTANCE ON MAIN DOOR WHEN OPENING FROM THE OUTSIDE. EXTREMELY HARD TO PULL DOOR IN WHEN CLOSING FROM THE INSIDE. CORRECTIVE ACTION: OPERATED CABIN DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES AND VERIFIED SQUAWK. MEASURED PRECATCH PLUNGER RETRACTION INTO HOUSING AND VERIFIED PLUNGER IS FLUSH WITH HOUSING WITH PRECATCH BUTTON PUSHED, IAW 560XL MM 52-10-00. NOTICED WITH CLOSING CABIN DOOR, DOOR HAD EXCESSIVE TENSION CAUSING DOOR TO RETRACT HALFWAY AUTOMATICALLY WHEN INITIALLY CLOSING THE DOOR. DOOR STEPS AND OPERATED DOOR. DOOR OPERATED CORRECTLY AND PRECATCH WORKS GOOD. WORK DONE IAW 560XL MM52-10-03.

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