SDR 96ZZZX2104

Service difficulty report · Seal · Cessna S550

Difficulty date
April 4, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N106QS
Make and model
Cessna S550
Aircraft serial
S5500106
Part
Seal
Condition
Leakage
Location
Door
Part time
9,367 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
G, B, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT FLYING AT 37,000 FEET. LOST PRESSURIZATION. MASK DROPPED AND AIRCRAFT DESCENDED. PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM A CESSNA SERVICE CENTER AND NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO SERVICE CENTER. FOUND SEVERAL SMALL LEAKS AND A SMALL HOLE IN THE DOOR SEAL. SEALED THE LEAKS, REPLACED THE DOOR SEAL, AND BUILT THE DOOR FRAME UP TO GIVE THE SEAL A MORE POSITIVE SEAT.

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