What was found
SERVICE DOOR IS DIFFICULT TO OPEN. TURN FORCE WAS 60 LBS. FERRIED FOR REPAIRS. REPLACED EXTERNAL HANDLE ROTATIONAL PIVOT BEARINGS AND BUSHING. RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- January 26, 2015
- Submitted
- January 30, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N450QX
- Make and model
- Bombdr DHC8402
- Aircraft serial
- 4452
- Aircraft time
- 3,174 hours, 3,392 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5240 · Service Doors
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- NAS5625R8
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Service Door
- 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.