Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 21, 2020
Submitted
December 22, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N669QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605689
Aircraft time
11,531 hours, 8,876 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Main Pax
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, MUST USE PRECATCH FROM OUTSIDE THE DOOR TO OPEN IT. REPEAT WRITE UP FROM 12/18/20, VERIFIED DISCREPANCY. INSPECTED MAIN CABIN DOOR PRECATCH AND FOUND TO BE STICKING ON THE PRECATCH. PRECATCH WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. REMOVED INTERIOR DOOR TRIM, INSPECTED PRECATCH LINKAGE FOUND PRECATCH OPERATIONAL WITH NO BINDING, FOUND GAP BETWEEN THE PRECATCH AND BEARING PLATE TO BE OUT OF TOLERANCE. ADJUSTED PRECATCH CABLE ASSEMBLY TO BRING TOLERANCE WITHIN LIMITS. OPERATED MAIN DOOR AND PRECATCH MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO DEFECTS. CLOSED UP ALL ACCESS ITEMS. OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD, IAW CE-560XLS MM 52-10-00.

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