Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
May 25, 2026
Submitted
May 27, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N925QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0352
Aircraft time
3,232 hours, 2,158 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Binding
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

AFTER PARKING, ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. WHEN MOVING THE HANDLE UPWARD WITH THE RED BUTTON PUSHED THE HANDLE WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MOVE UPWARD. THE AMOUNT OF FORCE REQUIRED WAS ACTUALLY FLEXING THE HANDLE BROUGHT IT UPWARD. AT THE TOP OF THE TRAVEL, THE HANDLE APPEARED TO GET STUCK. LOWERED THE HANDLE AGAIN AND RAPIDLY MOVE HANDLE UPWARD. IT REACHED ALMOST FULL OPEN & AGAIN REQUIRED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FORCE TO FULLY RETRACT THE PINS. AMOUNT OF FORCE WAS AGAIN FLEXING THE HANDLE AS PULLED UPWARD. AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE IN COLD TEMPERATURES FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS. WHEN CLOSING HANDLE EARLIER IN THE DAY WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND WARM AIRCRAFT SKIN TEMPERATURES, ONE OR SEVERAL OF THE MAIN CABINET DOOR BOLTS COULD BE FELT HUNTING FOR CENTER AS THEY EXTENDED INTO THE HOLES. THERE WAS RESISTANCE IN PUSHING THE HANDLE DOWN TO COMPLETELY LOCK THE DOOR AND FULLY EXTEND THE PINS. TECH HAS PERFORMED MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL CHECKS AND HAS FOUND THE DOOR TO OPERATE WITH NO DISCREPANCIES IAW NJA MCC REQUEST FOR FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING TECH PERFORMED THE MAIN CABIN DOOR HEALTH CHECK WAS COMPLETED WITH ALL ITEMS WITHIN TOLERANCE AND NO DISCREPANCIES TO NOTE. ALL WORK PERFORMED IAW AMM 52-10-04.

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