Service difficulty report · Seal · Emb EMB135BJ

Difficulty date
February 6, 2019
Submitted
February 8, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N317LL
Make and model
Emb EMB135BJ
Aircraft serial
1450100
Aircraft time
8,935 hours, 4,780 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Emergency Exit
Stage of operation
CR
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

DEPARTED ON A PART 91 FLIGHT, ON CLIMB OUT, THROUGH 15,000, CABIN SERVER CAME INTO THE COCKPIT TO INFORM US OF A VERY LOUD SQUEAL THAT WAS COMING FROM THE EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS IN THE COCKPIT OF ANY PRESSURIZATION ISSUES (NORMAL DELTA "P" AND CABIN ALTITUDE INDICATIONS ON THE EICAS ACCORDING TO THE PRESSURIZATION SCHEDULE IN THE AFM). CONFIRMED THERE WAS INDEED A SOUND COMING FROM THE EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR THAT SOUNDED LIKE A SEAL HADN'T SEATED PROPERLY. DIVERTED AND LANDED OVERWEIGHT, DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

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