Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
June 9, 2024
Submitted
June 10, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N389QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
6800149
Aircraft time
14,715 hours, 9,754 cycles
Part
Door
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Main
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

OPENING DOOR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AFTER UNLOCKING HANDLE IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OPEN THE HANDLE. THEN TO OPEN THE DOOR IT REQUIRED AN EXTREME AMOUNT FORCE TO PULL THE ACTUAL DOOR OPEN. THE DOOR OPENED ABOUT A FOOT AND STUCK. I CLOSED THE DOOR, AGAIN HAVING TO PUSH HARD TO SEE IF I COULD GET IT TO CYCLE CLOSED AND OPEN. NOW THE DOOR IS STUCK CLOSE, AND THE DOOR HANDLE IS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND I CANNOT MOVE IT CLOSED NOR MOVE THE DOOR AT ALL. AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION, IT APPEARS AS IF THE DOOR MAY BE SLIGHTLY COCKED IN THE OPENING COUNTERCLOCKWISE. THE FWD EDGE OF THE DOOR SKIN OVERLAPS THE FUSELAGE SKIN VERY SLIGHTLY, AND THE AFT SKIN HAS MORE OF A GAP. //SIGNOFF// REMOVED MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR TOP STEPHAN SPADE DOOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO TROUBLESHOOT DOOR GAP. GAINED ACCESS TO AFT HINGE ECCENTRICS AND ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST DOOR FWD CLEARANCE. UNABLE TO ADJUST THE CLEARANCE FROM THE AFT HINGE ECCENTRICS. GAINED ACCESS TO FWD HINGE ECCENTRICS AND ADJUSTED THE DOOR CLEARANCE 0.050 INCH. REINSTALLED ECCENTRICS RETAINERS IAW CE-680 AMM 25-10-00. GAINED ACCESS TO CABIN DOOR AND FOUND LH AND RH TOP 2 LATCH ROLLERS CATCHING LATCH EARLY. LOOSEN LATCH ROLLER ECCENTRICES AND ADJUSTED UNTIL LATCH ROLLERS DO NOT TOUCH LATCHES. ROLLERS WERE ROTATED 180 DREMOVED MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR TOP STEPHAN SPADE DOOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO TROUBLESHOOT DOOR GAP. GAINED ACCESS TO AFT HINGE ECCENTRICS AND ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST DOOR FWD CLEARANCE. UNABLE TO ADJUST THE CLEARANCE FROM THE AFT HINGE ECCENTRICS. GAINED ACCESS TO FWD HINGE ECCENTRICS AND ADJUSTED THE DOOR CLEARANCE 0.050 INCH. REINSTALLED ECCENTRICS RETAINERS IAW CE-680 AMM 25-10-00 DEGREES. PERFOMED MULTIPLE OPS CHECK NO DEFECTS NOTED DOOR OPERATES SMOOTHLY. WORK DONE IN REF. TO CE-680 AMM 52-10-00. LUBRICATED ALL DOOR ROLLERS AS WELL AS ALL DOOR LATCHING MECHANISM'S. OPERATED DOOR MECHANISM BY OPENING AND CLOSING THE MAIN DOOR SEVERAL TIMES. THIS HAS THE MAIN DOOR OPENING SMOOTHLY OPERATIONAL CHECKED GOOD NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. ALL WORK DONE IN REF. TO CE-680 AMM 52-10-00.

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