Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 24, 2020
Submitted
December 28, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N682QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605654
Aircraft time
12,844 hours, 9,846 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Main Pax
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN MOVE THE HANDLE TO THE DOWN OPEN POSITION IN THE DOOR WOULD STILL NOT OPEN. THEN MOVE THE HANDLE TO THE FULL UP POSITION THEN ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN TO THE OPEN POSITION AND THE DOOR STILL WOULDN'T OPEN. THEN PUSH THE PRE-CATCH BUTTON AND THEN WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR THEN PUSH THE PRE-CATCH BUTTON OUT AND LOCK THE DOOR AND TRIED TO RE-OPEN THE DOOR BUT IT WOULDN'T OPEN AGAIN AFTER TRYING THE SAME PROCEDURE I TRIED THE FIRST TIME TO OPEN THE DOOR. FOUND ON PRE-FLIGHT. CLEANED/LUBRICATED/CHECK/ADJUSTED AIRCRAFT MED, IAW TEXTRON AVIATION INC. MODEL 560XL MAINTENANCE MANUAL (REV 46) 52-10-01 (REV 44) DOOR HANDLE AND LINKAGES MAINTENANCE PRACTICES. PERFORMED SEVERAL CLOSING/OPENING OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF AIRCRAFT MED SATISFACTORY.

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