Service difficulty report · Seal · Airbus A319115

Difficulty date
January 7, 2021
Submitted
January 8, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N12028
Make and model
Airbus A319115
Aircraft serial
6456
Aircraft time
16,735 hours, 7,566 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Rt Emer Exit
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

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. DURING CLIMB OUT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT HAND OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR HAD A 1/4 INCH GAP AND THAT LIGHT WAS COMING THROUGH THE GAP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRESSURIZED AND THER WAS NO LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION. THE CAPTAIN STOPPED THE CLIMBOUT AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PHL WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. REMOVED EMERGENCY EXIT HATCH, FOUND SEAL FOLDED. INSPECTED SEAL AND SEAL SEAT, NO DEFECTS NOTED. RE-INSTALLED HATCH, PER AMM 52-21-11-400-001-A. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT, PER AMM 05-53-00-780-001-A WITH NO LEAKS OR LIGHT FROM SEAL AREA NOTED.

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