Service difficulty report · Scuff Plate · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
July 4, 2025
Submitted
July 7, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14230
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
28794
Aircraft time
79,246 hours, 29,550 cycles
Part
Scuff Plate
Condition
Deformed
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PRESSURIZATION LEAK HEARD AT DOOR L1 EXTREMLY LOUD AT 8000 FEET. PILOT AND CABIN CREW STATED IT WAS DOOR 1L FA REPORTED SQUEALS HEARD FROM BOTTOM LEFT OF DOOR 1L. PILOTS STATED AT 10000FT PRESSURE RATE FLUCTUATED TO NEGATIVE RATE .5 TO 1, RESULTING CABIN PRESSURE INCREASING TO 5PSI AT A POINT. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND LEAK AND LOUD NOISE COMING FROM DOOR 1R LOWER FWD AREA. FOUND UNEVEN DOOR SEAL SURFACE ON DOOR SCUFF PLATE. RESEALED DOOR SEAL SURFACE. ALSO FOUND LEAKS ON DOOR 1L DOOR LOWER SCUFF PLATE. RESEALED SCUFF PLATE TRANSITION JOINTS. REF. AMM 53-11-01-420-801. LEAK CHECKED DOOR 1L GOOD AND NO ABNORMAL HIGH LEVEL OF NOISE DETECTED. REF. AMM 5-51-91.