Service difficulty report · Window · Dhav DHC2MKI

Difficulty date
December 14, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC2MKI
Aircraft time
26,652 hours
Part
Window
Part number
C2VMK40003
Condition
Binding
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES, AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO PUSH OUT. PUSH-OUT WINDOW INSTALLED UNDER THEIR SB, NR V2/0003. THE OCCUPANT WAS ONLY ABLE TO PUSH OUT THE LOWER CORNER OF THE WINDOW AND WAS UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY PUSH THE WINDOW OUT OF THE DOOR. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SEAL WAS COMING OUT WITH THE WINDOW INSTEAD OF REMAINING WITH THE DOOR AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO, REF SB V2/0003 SECTION IV ITEM E. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE SEAL HAS SHRUNK OVER TIME IN THE UNSEALED AREAS IN THE CORNERS. WHEN THE SEAL WAS STRETCHED BACK INTO THE CORNERS OF THE DOOR FRAME, THE WINDOW WAS EASILY ABLE TO BE PUSHED OUT. THE PUSH-OUT WINDOW KIT WAS INSTALLED 2 YEARS AGO AND HAD ITS LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION 1 YEAR AGO.