Service difficulty report · Precatch · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
July 24, 2024
Submitted
July 24, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N580QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605741
Aircraft time
13,945 hours, 10,636 cycles
Part
Precatch
Condition
Failed
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 PRECATCH: MAIN DOOR PRECATCH HOLDS THE DOOR CLOSED BUT FAILS TO OPEN WHEN PUSHED. THIS HAS BEEN WRITTEN UP TWICE BEFORE. ACCESSED THE PRECATCH RELEASE MECHANISM BY MOVING THE DOOR TRIM FROM THE FOWARD DOOR FRAME, ADJUSTED THE PRECATCH CABLE TO BE ABLE TO RETRACT FLUSH WITH DOOR FRAME ALLOWING THE DOOR TO RELEASE AND TO HOLD THE DOOR WITH THE PRECATCH ENGAGED, RTURNED TE DOOR TRIM TO ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION. PERFORMED A SATIFACTORY OPS CHECK OF THE MAIN DOOR PRECATCH REF AMM 52-10-01

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