Service difficulty report · Switch · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 3, 2013
Submitted
December 5, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N331AF
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UB44
Aircraft time
31,031 hours, 46,003 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Cabin Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 12,000 FEET FROM DFW THE FWD CABIN DOOR ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT PROCEEDED WITH THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST ITEMS. PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO DFW, PILOT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY & LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DFW MX INSPECTED AIRCRAFT & DETERMINED THE DOOR WAS SECURELY LATCHED, MX TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED DOOR SWITCH WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. MICRO SWITCH WAS ADJUSTED IAW BEECH AIRCRAFT MM 52-70-00, ALL OPERATIONS CHECKED NORMAL.

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