Service difficulty report · Counterbalance · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
July 2, 2022
Submitted
July 5, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N377QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
6800187
Aircraft time
10,520 hours, 6,929 cycles
Part
Counterbalance
Condition
Wrong Part
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 DOOR: WHEN OPENING MAIN CABIN DOOR, THE DOOR STARTS DROPPING RAPIDLY. ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN IT STOPS DROPPING AND YOU CAN PULL IT OPEN. WHEN INSIDE THE CABIN AND CLOSING THE DOOR, DOOR ASSISTANCE HELPS IT CLOSE TO THE HALFWAY POINT, THEN IT IS VERY HEAVY TO PULL UP THE FINAL HALF. (FOUND ON PRE-FLIGHT FOR TRAINING FLIGHT) "CORRECTIVE ACTION" REMOVED BOTH COUNTER-BALANCE SPRINGS PN 6911319-202 AND INSTALLED TWO NEW COUNTER-BALANCE SPRINGS PN 6911319-202 AND RIGGED IAW CE680 MM 52-10-50. DOOR OPERATION IS NORMAL AT THIS TIME. INSTALLED DOOR STEP AND VERIFIED OPERATION OF STEP LIGHTING AND EICAS INDICATON.

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