Service difficulty report · None · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
February 27, 2023
Submitted
February 27, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
5605708
Aircraft time
13,756 hours, 10,554 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: DOOR WORKED FINE IN OAK BEFORE DEPARTURE BUT WAS RAINING LANDED IN BOZMAN DOOR SEALS DEFLATED BUT WAS UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR BOTH ME AND A LINE GUY ON THE OUT SIDE FINALLY GOT IT OPENED AFTER 10 MIN OF GIVING EVEY THING I HAD AND WOULD NOT OPEN NOW ITS OPEN WE CAN NOT GET IT TO CLOSE HANDLE WILL NOT GO PAST CENTER TO LOCK WITH DOOR OPENED OR CLOSED PINS DONT COME OUT DOES CATCH ON PRECATCH AND THAT FUNCTIONS NORMALLY (REPEAT WRITE UP FROM YESTERDAY)//CORRECTIVE ACTION//FOUND WATER AND ICE WITHIN OPERATING MECHANISMS. FOUND PASSENGER DOOR SEAL INFLATION VALVE STICKING. CLEANED, LUBED, AND CYCLED BOTH INFLATION AND DEFLATION VALVES NOTING VALVES NOW OPERATE FREELY. INFLATED PASSENGER DOOR SEAL AND INSPECTED FOR LEAKS WITH NONE NOTED. CE560XLS MM CH 52-10-04.

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