SDR 2017F00157

Service difficulty report · Door Seal · Cessna 525A

Difficulty date
July 26, 2017
Submitted
September 24, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740JS
Make and model
Cessna 525A
Aircraft serial
0207
Aircraft time
3,401 hours, 2,871 cycles
Part
Door Seal
Part number
99120754
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Zone 800
Part time
3,401 hours, 2,871 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

CREW NOTICED A "DOOR SEAL" ANNUNCIATOR IN CRUISE FOLLOWED BY A HISSING NOISE. THEY INITIATED A DESCENT TO FL300 AND THE NOISE STABILIZED, CABIN PRESSURE WAS NORMAL. ON LANDING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE INFLATABLE DOOR SEAL HAD RUPTURED IN THE TOP AFT CORNER. THE DOOR SEAL WAS REPLACED AND NO FURTHER FAULTS WERE NOTED.

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