Service difficulty report · Door Frame · Agusta A119

Difficulty date
September 25, 2014
Submitted
October 7, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Agusta A119
Aircraft serial
14821
Aircraft time
210 hours, 559 cycles
Part
Door Frame
Part number
10903247107
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 800
Part time
210 hours, 559 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RIGHT SLIDING DOOR FRAME WHERE DOOR LATCHES TO AIRFRAME IS CRACKED & NOT SUPPORTING LATCHING STRUCTURE. THREADED INSERT LOOSE IN SECTION OF CRACKED AREA. UPON FURTHER DISASSEMBLY THE DOOR FRAME WAS FOUND TO HAVE MORE DAMAGE IN THE UNDERLYING LAYERS OF SHEET METAL. CRACKING WAS SPECIFICALLY ON PN 109-0326-47-108 & 109-0326-47-107 WHICH MAKE UP SUPPORT AREA FOR THE CAST LATCH PLATE PN 109-0361-66-101. SHIM PN 109-361-29-103 WAS FOUND MISSING UNSURE IF IT WAS NEEDED, BUT POSSIBLY WAS WHICH LEAD TO SLAMMING THE DOOR.

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