Service difficulty report · Pin · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
August 12, 2025
Submitted
August 13, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N676QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0213
Aircraft time
6,349 hours, 4,234 cycles
Part
Pin
Condition
Over Extended
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
L
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR FROM BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. NEITHER HANDLE WILL MOVE. UPON ARRIVAL TO THE AIRCRAFT WE FOUND THAT THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. TRIED TO MOVE. THE HANDLE TO THE LOCKED POSITION AND FOUND THAT THE DOOR WAS BINDING UP INSIDE. GAINED ACCESS TO THE INTERNAL MECHANISMS IN THE DOOR AND FOUND THAT 2 OF THE PINS HAD OVERCENTERED CAUSING THE DOOR TO BIND UP. FREED UP THE 2 MIDDLE PINS THAT WERE OVERCENTERED AND ADJUSTED THE RIGGING OF THE PINS TO PREVENT OVERCENTERING. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE CABIN DOOR, OPS CHECK GOOD. ALL WORK DONE IA W CE-680A AMM 52-10-00

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