Service difficulty report · Socket · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
May 19, 2024
Submitted
May 20, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N673QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605651
Aircraft time
15,021 hours, 11,365 cycles
Part
Socket
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Main 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 DOOR: AFTER LANDING, WE HAD TO CYCLE THE DOOR LOCK TO OPEN THREE TIMES TO GET THE DOOR TO OPEN. PRECATCH HANDLE WAS PULLED AND DID NOT HELP THE SITUATION. THE ACOUSTIC SEAL WAS NOT THE ISSUE EITHER. DOOR HANDLE IS EXTREMELY STIFF WHEN CLOSING AND OPENING THE DOOR. OPENED MCD AND OPERATED DOOR LATCHES WHILE DOOR WAS OPEN AND FOUND ALL OPERATIONAL DOOR LATCHES WHILE DOOR WAS OPEN AND FOUND ALL OPERATION SMOOTH CLEANED AND LUBED MCD PINS CLOSED MCD AND OPERATED MCD AND OPERATED DOOR FROM INSIDE FOUND DOOR HANDLE DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. ADJUSTED MCD PIN SOCKETS IAW AMM 52-10-00 AND OPERATED MCD MULPLE TIMES PWR AIRCRAFT AND RAN APU OPERATED MCD MULTIPLE MORE TIMES WITH NO FUTHER DISCEPANCY NOTED. ALL OPS ALL OPS CHECKS ALL OPS CHECKS GOOD AFTER ADJUSTMENT

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