Service difficulty report · Handle · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
August 22, 2013
Submitted
August 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N165YV
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE165
Aircraft time
30,478 hours, 48,718 cycles
Part
Handle
Condition
Unsecure
Location
Emergency Exit
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

PILOT REPORTED THAT THE OUTSIDE HANDLE ON OVERWING EXIT 4C DOES NOT STAY SECURE IN FLIGHT. MX RESECURED THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE. OPS CHECK GOOD REF BMM 52-20-00-201. LATER THAT DAY MX REEXAMINED DURING SCHEDULED MX, NOTING THAT EMERGENCY EXIT 4C EXTERIOR HANDLE BECOMES UNSTOWED AFTER OR DURING FLIGHT. MX LUBRICATED THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL HANDLES ON SEAT 4C EMERGENCY EXIT IAW MM 12-20-00 P.7, OPS CHECKED GOOD.

More about the Beech 1900D