Service difficulty report · None · Cessna 120

Difficulty date
September 8, 2022
Submitted
September 9, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N829QS
Make and model
Cessna 120
Aircraft serial
7000072
Aircraft time
246 hours, 142 cycles
Part
None
Condition
None
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: WITH BATTERIES CONNECTED, MAIN CABIN DOOR DOES NOT OPEN WHEN UNLATCHED. DOOR MUST BE MANUALLY MOVED TEN INCHES (TOP EDGE) BEFORE DOOR BEGINS TO OPEN. // SIGNOFF// APPLIED POWER TO AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED SEVERAL OPS CHECK OF THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR. FOUND THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE DOOR SEAL WAS WHAT WAS HOLDING THE DOOR INPLACE RATHER THAN ALLOWING THE DOOR OPEN AS INTENDED. CLEANED DOOR SEAL AND MATING SURFACE ON DOOR. APPLIED THIN COAT OF SILICONE LUBRICANT. OPS CHECK GOOD. NO DEFECTS AT THIS TIME. WORK PERFORMED IN REFERENCE TO CE-700 AMM

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