Service difficulty report · Seal · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
March 8, 2003
Submitted
March 25, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft time
2,707 hours
Engine
Pwa PW530A
Part
Seal
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING CRUISE AT FL 410, CREW NOTED INCREASED NOISE LEVEL AND CABIN ALT RISING. LOUD BANG FOLLOWED WITH DECOMPRESSION OF CABIN. SECONDARY DOOR SEAL HELD AGAINST TOTAL DECOMPRESSION. EMER DESCENT AND UNSCHEDULED LANDING FOLLOWED. ON GROUND IT WAS FOUND THAT CONSIDERABLE WATER WAS PRESENT IN DOOR SEAL AREA, BOTTOM PORTION. A/C WAS IN HOT AND HUMID ENVIRONMENT, WHICH CAUSED VISABLE SIGNS OF CONDENSATION BOTH INSIDE AND EXTERNALLY. A/C THEN MADE STOP WERE HEAVY RAINS WERE ENCOUNTERED. ONCE IN CRUISE HEADING NORTH, OAT WAS APPROX -50 DEGREES, APPEARS TO HAVE FROZEN ACCUMULATED WATER, WHICH CAUSED A PARTIAL OPENING OF PRIMARY SEAL. DOOR SEAL AND FEED LINE WAS DRIED OUT. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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