Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
July 20, 2024
Submitted
July 22, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N950QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0383
Aircraft time
527 hours, 355 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Stiff
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

MAIN DOOR HANDLE VERY STIFF TO CLOSE BOTH FROM EXTERIOR (HARD TO PUSH HANDLE CLOSED) AND INTERIOR (HARD TO LOWER TO LATCHED POSITION) OPENED MED. DID NOTICE IT TOOK A SMALL AMOUNT OF FORCE TO OPEN THE HANDLE THAN NORMAL. VERIFIED NO ABNORMAL WEAR ON PINS AND BUSHINGS. LUBRICATED DOOR PINS AND WORKED HANDLE BACK AND FORTH.THEN PERFOMRED DOOR RESET PROCEDURE STIFFNESS IN HANDLE WENT AWAY. OPERATED MED MULTIPLE TIMES AND CONFIRMED NORMAL OPERATION OF MED, NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED, ALL WORK DONE IN REF, TO CESSNA CE·680AS AMM 52-70-00,

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