Service difficulty report · Handle · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
January 29, 2025
Submitted
February 3, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N901QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0307
Aircraft time
3,209 hours, 2,148 cycles
Part
Handle
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 800
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: THE DOOR HANDLE IS JAMMED IN THE OPEN POSITION AND WILL NOT LATCH THE DOOR CLOSED OR STOW. DUPLICATED SQUAWK. INNER HANDLE WAS TOUGH TO CLOSE FROM INSIDE THE AIRPLANE. REMOVED STEPS AND INSPETED ALL RODS AND PINS. PERFORMED CABIN HEALTH CHECK PER MCC REQUEST FIRST CHECK WAS OUT OF LIMIT. TOO MUCH FORCE APPLIED TO LOCK PINS, SING PROPER FORCE GAUGE ALL PIN MEASUREMENTS ARE WITHIN LIMITS. CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY, MEASURED ALL 4 UPPER PINS AND CHECK GOOD. BOTH LOWER PINS ARE RECESSED IN FRAME MER AMM. MCC SENT EMAIL ABOUT LOWER PIN MEASUREMENT, BUT MEASUREMENT IN MM IS FOR THE INNER DOOR HANDLE STOP. REFER TO 52-10-04 STEP I, ITEM 2, CHECKED ROD ENDS AND MEASUREMENTS INSIDE DOOR PRESSURE PREVENTION INHIBITORS, SLIGHTY ADJUSTED ROD ENDS 11 AND 12 TO GET EXACT 0.21 INCH DIMENSION IN EACH, TO MINIMIZE OFFSET PER STEP G ITEM B. TIGHTENED ROD ENDS AND SAFETIED AS REQ'D, INSTALLED INNER DOOR SKIN PANELS AND STEPS AS REQUIRED. CLOSED DOOR AND WAS STILL TOUGH TO MOVE HANDLE. INSPECTED DOOR STOPS AND NOTED GAP WAS INCORRECT. ADJUSTED DOOR STOPS TO PROPER GAP WITH DOOR CLOSED. OPS CHECKED GOOD. OPENED AND CLOSED DOOR SEVERAL TIMES FROM INSIDE AND OUT OF THE AIRPLANE. ENSURED CAS MESSAGE GOES AWAY WITH DOOR CLOSED. ALL WORK DONE PER CE680A AMM 52-10·04

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