Service difficulty report · Hinge · Raythn 390

Difficulty date
June 4, 2013
Submitted
June 7, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N527PM
Make and model
Raythn 390
Aircraft serial
RB177
Aircraft time
1,192 hours, 1,197 cycles
Part
Hinge
Part number
390110334
Condition
Loose
Location
Lt Mlg Door
Part time
1,192 hours, 1,197 cycles
Component
Door
Component part number
3901104580007
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

FOUND LT MLG OTBD DOOR ASSY CRACKED ACROSS MAJORITY OF BONDED DOOR PANEL NEAR HINGE ATTACHMENT POINT. REQUIRED DOOR ASSY REPLACEMENT. NOTED HINGE AREA LOOSE ON RT MLG OTBD DOOR AT SIMILAR LOCATION. SUSPECT HINGE MOUNTING BECAME LOOSE ALLOWING AERODYNAMIC FORCES TO VIBRATE OTBD DOOR ASSY TO COMPOSITE MATERIAL FAILURE POINT. HAVE NOT NOTED SIMILAR LOOSENESS ON EARLIER SN ACFT WITH APPROX TWICE AS MANY FLIGHT HRS. RECOMMEND MFG ISSUE A SB OR COMMUNIQUE TO INSPECT THIS AREA TO DETERMINE IF A POSSIBLE ACFT SN RANGE PROBLEM OR 1-TIME ISSUE WITH THIS ACFT.