Passenger/Crew Doors; Cabin Door; Door Support - Piper Malibu Meridian PA-46-500TP Airplane Maintenance Manual

1. Description
This airplane is provided with a cabin door on the left side of the fuselage between the passenger seats.
The cabin door is in two sections, the upper door having a window and the lower door having two
boarding steps that assume their proper position when the door is lowered. Signal flags are incorporated
in each of the cabin door's locking pins to show the pin's position.
The emergency exit door is located on the right-hand side of the fuselage at the center seat.
NOTE: Refer to 51-70-00, Pressure Sensitive Safety Walk Installation, for instructions on installing the
pressure sensitive safety walk strips on the lower cabin door steps.
2.

Cabin Door

A. Upper Half
(1) Removal
(a) Rotate the handle to the unlocked position and open the door.
(b) Open the lower door.
(c) Disengage the door holder assembly from the door.
(d) Hold the door partly open and relieve the weight of the door from the hinge pin to facilitate
hinge pin removal.
(e) Remove the hinge pin and lift off the door.
(2) Installation
(a) Align the door hinge with the fuselage hinge and insert the hinge pin.
(b) Attach the door holder assembly to the door.
B. Lower Half
(1) Removal
(a) Open both upper and lower doors to full open position.
(b) Remove the screw, washers and nut which secures the cable assembly to the lower door.
(c) Relieve the weight of the door from the hinge and remove the hinge pin.
(d) Lift the door off of the lower hinge.
(2) Installation
(a) Align the door hinge with the fuselage hinge and insert the hinge pin.
(b) Attach the cable assembly to the door with the previously removed screw, washers and
nut.
3.

Door Support

A. Removal
The hydraulic door support is located at the upper left-hand corner of the upper half of the cabin
door. The unit is designed to provide 65 to 80 pounds of pressure when fully extended.
(1) Open the upper door. Relieve door weight on the door support.
(2) Support the door and remove the retaining nuts and washers from both ends of the door
support.
(3) Remove the door support.
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PIPER AIRCRAFT, INC.
PA-46-500TP, MALIBU MERIDIAN
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
PASSENGER / CREW
52-10-00
Apr 15/07
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