Service difficulty report · Pin · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
April 29, 2025
Submitted
April 30, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N528QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0329
Aircraft time
2,952 hours, 2,042 cycles
Part
Pin
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

MAIN DOOR - INTERIOR, WHILE CLOSING THE DOOR, THE DOOR HANDLE REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO INITIALLY CLOSE THE DOOR. WHEN OPENING THE DOOR, THE LAST 1/4 OF TRAVEL FOR THE HANDLE REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO OPEN. EXTERIOR, WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR, THE INITIAL PUSH OF THE DOOR HANDLE REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO PUSH THE DOOR HANDLE CLOSED. WHEN OPENING THE DOOR, THE LAST 1/4 OF TRAVEL ON THE DOOR HANDLE REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO OPEN. SUSPECT THE RIGHT SIDE PINS NOT LINING UP CORRECTLY TO OPEN/CLOSE THE DOOR. CORRECTIVE ACTION: ARRIVED AT.AIRCRAFT. FOUND THAT WHEN OPENING DOOR FROM EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR POSITION DOOR WAS SLIGHTLY HARD TO OPEN. INSPECTED MAIN ENTRY DOOR PINS AND NOTICED THERE WAS A LOT OF MOLYKOTE LUBRICANT :ALONG WITH DEBRIS. CLEANED DOOR PINS AND LUBRICATED DOOR. PINS AND PORTS. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD. ALSO RESET DOOR INDICATION SYSTEM DUE TO DOOR NOT EXTINGUISHING OPEN DOOR LIGHT ON DOOR WHEN DOOR WAS CLOSED. DOOR HANDLE DISENGAGE SWITCH ON INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED IN REFERENCE TO CE 680A AMM 52-10-00, NO / DEFECTS NOTED.

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