Service difficulty report · Bracket · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
December 26, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N332PH
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3010
Engine
Pwa PW119C
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Bracket
Condition
Failed
Location
Pax Door
Component
Dornier · 001A521B0145
Stage of operation
CR
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

EN ROUTE, THE CREW RECEIVED A DOOR WARNING INDICATION. ACFT RETURNED, LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX DISCOVERED THE PAX DOOR PROXIMITY SENSOR TARGET WAS MISRIGGED. ALSO, THE PROXIMITY SENSOR BRACKET WAS DAMAGED SEVERAL ATTACH RIVETS WERE LOOSE. ACFT WAS THEN FLOWN TO COS, WHERE MX REPLACED THE DOOR HANDLE BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY COMPLETE WITH NEW PROX TARGET BRACKET. ALL WORK ACCOMPLISHED IAW AMM 52-71-00. ALL GROUND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE SATISFACTORY. ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURANCE OF THIS DISCREPANCY IN THE LAST THREE DAYS.