Service difficulty report · Seal · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
October 27, 2002
Submitted
December 2, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft time
1,031 hours
Engine
Ge CF343A1
Part
Seal
Part number
051940
Condition
Broken
Location
Pax Door
Part time
14,456 hours, 14,080 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

(CAN) IN CLIMB TO FL 240, A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE PAX DOOR WAS HEARD ALONG WITH A DEPRESSURIZATION OF THE AIRCRAFT OF APPROXIMATELY -4000 FT/MIN (ON EICAS). THE FLIGHT CREW DID AN EMERGENCY DESCENT PER THE QRH AND LANDED AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. ONCE AT AIRPORT, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE PAX DOOR SEAL WAS DE BONDED ON A LENGTH OF APPROXIMATLY 1.5 METER AND THAT A PIECE OF 30 CM WAS MISSING.THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED, UNPRESSURIZED, WHERE THE SEAL WAS REPLACED.