Service difficulty report · Nut · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
October 31, 2025
Submitted
November 3, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605735
Aircraft time
15,414 hours, 11,671 cycles
Part
Nut
Condition
Loose
Location
Precatch
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 CABIN DOOR DIFFICULT TO CLOSE, HANDLE BINDS AND CATCHES ON CLOSING. DIFFICULT TO OPEN AS WELL. PINS MOVE FREELY WHEN DOOR IS OPEN. NOTICED THAT THE PRECATCH RESET SHAFT HANDLE WAS SPINNING AND LOOSE. THIS SEEMS TO AFFECT WITH THE DOOR HANDLE BINDING. ACCESSED AND NOTICED THAT THE SHAFT NUT WAS LOOSE. TIGHTEN THE NUT AND THE PRECATCH HANDLE STOPPED SPINNING. CLOSED ACCESS. LUBED ALL THE LINKAGES AND MOVING PARTS RELATED TO THE PRECATCH HANDLE. CLOSED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO DEFECT NOTED. REF AMM 52-10-00.

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