Service difficulty report · Door · Beech B200

Difficulty date
October 4, 2018
Submitted
October 5, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N545LM
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB1069
Aircraft time
14,419 hours, 14,403 cycles
Part
Door
Condition
Damaged
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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

LT INBOARD DOOR WAS FOUND HANGING FROM THE BRACKET ATTACH POINT. WAS DISCOVERED ON TAXI TO THE HANGAR AFTER A TRAINING FLIGHT IN FAI. PILOT NOTED THAT THE GEAR MADE A LOUD "CLUNK" WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING. DAMAGE INCLUDES THE LT INBOARD GEAR DOOR, GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR LINKAGE, SMALL AMOUNT OF SKIN DAMAGE TO THE PORTION OF THE NACELLE AFT OF THE WHEEL WELL, TWO LOWER FORMERS THE SKIN ATTACHES TO. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN FAI. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO ANC ON A FERRY PERMIT FOR FURTHER WORK. INSPECTION IN ANC SHOWS NO FURTHER DAMAGE THAN NOTED IN FAI. WORKING ON A REPAIR PLAN NOW. WILL SEND ADDITIONAL INFO ONCE WE HAVE IT.

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