Service difficulty report · Door · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
January 19, 2026
Submitted
January 21, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N303QS
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500141
Part
Door
Condition
Frozen
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 HAVING ISSUES TO OPEN & CLOSE. WILL NOT LATCH COMPLETLY. GREEN FLAG NOT SHOWING. CAS MESS DOOR OPEN. OPENED DOOR, NO DEFECTS. POWERED ACFT & CLOSED DOOR. DOOR CLOSED NORMAL, & DOOR INDICATED CLOSED ON STATUS PAGE. INSPD ALL GREEN DOOR LOCK INDICATORS, ALL INDICATORS VISIBLE IN WINDOWS. INNER & OUTER DOOR HANDLES OPS SMOOTHLY WITH NO EXCESS FRICTION. REMOVED AIRSTAIRS IAW MM 52-14-00. PERFORMED VISUAL INSP OF DOOR LOCKING & ACTUATING SYS, NO DEFECTS. IAW MM 52-11-00. NOTICED WATER POOLED IN DIFFERENT AREAS INSIDE DOOR. REMOVED WATER & DRIED, PERFORMED DOOR LOCKING & ACTUATING ADJUST TEST, ADJUST CHKD GOOD. IAW MM 52-10-00, CLEANED DOOR LATCH PINS & LUBED IAW MM 52-11-21. SUSPECT DOOR LOCKING & ACTUATING SYS HAD FROZEN DUE TO THE SUB ZERO TEMPS. INSTALLED DOOR AIR STAIRS IAW MM 52-14-00. FINAL OPS CHKD OF DOOR OPENING & CLOSING ARE NORMAL.

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