Service difficulty report · Cable · Cessna 680SOV

Difficulty date
March 23, 2025
Submitted
March 24, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N368QS
Make and model
Cessna 680SOV
Aircraft serial
6800073
Aircraft time
16,166 hours, 10,808 cycles
Part
Cable
Condition
Out Of Adjust
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: WHEN OPENING MAIN CABIN DOOR IT LOWERS AT AN ABNORMALLY RAPID RATE. WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR, DOOR FEELS ABNORMALLY HEAVY WHEN PULLING IT ONTO THE PRECATCH. INTERNAL TENSION SEEMS NOT TO BE PROPERLY ADJUSTED. CORRECTIVE ACTION; ADJUSTED MED CABLE TENSIONS BETWEEN 210 LBS AND 220 LBS NOT EXCEEDING 220 LBS PER MM. OPERATED DOOR CLOSURE AND OPENING AND FOUND TO BE OPERATING WITH LESS RAPID OPENING AND LESS HEAVY WHEN CLOSING AND GOOD AT THIS TIME IAW C680 MM 52-10-50.