Service difficulty report · Door · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
June 23, 2026
Submitted
June 26, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N640QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0242
Aircraft time
6,929 hours, 4,643 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

THE MAIN CABIN DOOR HANDLE REQUIRES EXCESS FORCE TO PLACE IN THE LOCKED POSITION. DOOR LOCKS AS NORMAL AFTER THAT. ARRIVED TO ACFT & PREPPED FOR MAINTENANCE. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING DOOR FOUND THAT WHEN PRESSURE APPLIED TOWARDS TOP OF DOOR WHILE IT CLOSED MOST OF RESISTANCE WENT AWAY. CLOSED DOOR FROM INSIDE HANDLE & VERIFIED FAULT THROUGH INTERIOR AS WELL. INSPECTED DOOR STOP RIGGING WHILE DOOR CLOSED & SAW THAT DOOR TOUCHING THE STOP. REMOVED DOOR STEP MAT, THE MEASUREMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BETWEEN ,02 & .06, ADJUSTED DOOR STOP AS REQUIRED TO GO BACK INTO LIMITS & RE-ISNTALLED DOOR MAT. PERFORMED SEVERAL OPS CHECKS FROM IAW INTERIOIR AND EXTERIOR OF THE ACFT & ALL OPS CHKD GOOD. WORK DONE IAW AMM 52-10-00.

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