Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
October 27, 2020
Submitted
October 29, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N682QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605654
Aircraft time
12,782 hours, 9,795 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Binding
Location
Main Cabin
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 CABIN DOOR WILL NOT OPEN NORMALLY. AFTER UNLOCKING, ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR BUT WHEN HANDLE WAS AT 6 O`CLOCK POSITION AND PULLED, THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES WITH SAME RESULT. THE DOOR HANDLE IS STIFF BOTH CLOSING AND OPENING, INSIDE AND OUT. THE DOOR DID OPEN USING THE PRECATCH. 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 IN, 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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