Service difficulty report · Mechanism · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
January 2, 2021
Submitted
January 6, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N686QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605661
Aircraft time
12,011 hours, 9,338 cycles
Part
Mechanism
Condition
Dirty
Location
Pax Door
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

MAIN CABIN DOOR PRECATCH WORKS, DOOR PINS OUT OF SYNC WITH DOOR HANDLE POSITION. OPERATIONS CHECKED, DOOR COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAILURE. PER MX CONTROL GAINED ACCESS TO MCD LINKAGE THROUGH REMOVAL OF MCD`S 3PS, REF CE56C XL MM 52-10-00. UPON REMOVAL OF STEPS WATER WAS FOUND TO BE POOLING IN MULTIPLE BAYS OF THE DOOR INTERIOR. SUSPECT WATER WAS FREEZING AND CAUSING OPERATIONAL ISSUES. REMOVED WATER AND DRIED OUT DOOR INTERIOR. CLEANED AND LUBRICATED DOOR MECHANISM. CHECKED DOOR RIG AND FOUND IT TO BE STATISFACTORY. REINSTALL, ID STEPS. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED,REF. CESSNA 560XL MM 52-10-00, 52-10-01, 52-10-02.

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