Service difficulty report · Seal · Boeing 737524

Difficulty date
July 1, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N37615
Make and model
Boeing 737524
Aircraft serial
27328
Part
Seal
Condition
Loose
Location
Aft Cargo Door
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
G

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

What was found

CABIN PRESSURIZATION WAS LOST WHILE AT CRUISE. INITIAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL CABIN WITH STANDBY OR MANUAL WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE OXYGEN MASKS WERE DEPLOYED AND CABIN CONTROL WAS REGAINED USING MANUAL DC. THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE PRESSURIZED THE ACFT TO 5 PSI TWICE, ONCE IN AC MANUAL AND ONCE IN DC MANUAL. PRESSURIZATION WAS SUCCESSFUL. THE AFT CARGO DOOR SEAL WAS FOUND COMING LOOSE AT THE FORWARD LOWER CORNER. THE AFT CARGO DOOR SEAL WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE ACFT WAS PRESSURIZED AGAIN AND LEAK CHECK WAS GOOD. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT ALL OXYGEN MASKS HAD DEPLOYED. THE OXYGEN GENERATORS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 35-22-11.