Service difficulty report · Seal · Emb EMB135LR

Difficulty date
August 18, 2022
Submitted
September 6, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N254JX
Make and model
Emb EMB135LR
Aircraft serial
145275
Aircraft time
27,330 hours, 25,449 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ISSUE-CLIMBING OUT PASSING THROUGH 10,000 FEET THE FA CALLED CONCERNED WITH A VERY LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE GALLEY. SHE DESCRIBED IT AS A SCREECHING SOUND AND WE COULD HEAR IT FROM THE FLIGHT DECK. WE WERE STILL IN A CLIMB AND DUE TO TRAFFIC, WE WERE ABLE TO LEVEL OFF AT FL230 IN THE HOPES OF FIXING THE SITUATION. THERE WAS NO PRESSURIZATION IRREGULARITIES OR ANYTHING SHOWING THE DOOR WAS OPEN. THE SOUND CONTINUED AND THE FA AND THE PASSENGERS WERE VISIBLY CONCERNED AND THEREFORE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO DENVER INTERNATIONAL. CORR ACTION-CLEANED DOOR SEALS AND APPLIED RTV732 SEALANT PERFORMED A/C PRESSURIZATION NO FAULTS FOUND DURING PRESSURIZATION.

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