Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
July 5, 2021
Submitted
July 6, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N630QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0179
Aircraft time
2,256 hours, 1,495 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Binding
Location
Main
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
C
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 DOOR: WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, THE LIFT BUTTON INSIDE THE ACFT WAS PUSHED AND HELD UNTIL THE DOOR CLOSED TIGHT INTO FUSELAGE; HOWEVER, WHEN THE DOOR LOCKING HANDLE WAS PUSHED DOWN TO LOCK THE DOOR THE HANDLE WOULDN'T MOVE. THE DOOR THEN SLOWLY FELL TO THE FULL OPEN POSITION. WHEN IT WAS FULL OPEN, THE HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE UP OR DOWN AT ALL. ALL DOOR LOCKING PINS ARE IN THE FULL RETRACTED POSITION. CREW PERFORMED THE DOOR RESET PROCEDURE PER CESSNA EMER PROCEDURES CHECKLIST (AMBER N-1) BUT THE PROCEDURE DID NOT REMEDY THE MALFUNCTION. PER AMCC REQUEST, WE COMPLETELY POWERED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN, TO INCLUDE DISCONNECTING BOTH BATTERIES FOR APPROX 1 MINUTE. AFTER THE POWER DOWN WE MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT TO OPERATE THE MAIN CABIN DOOR BUT HAD THE SAME RESULT.

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