Service difficulty report · Seal · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
December 4, 2007
Submitted
December 7, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N265SK
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145226
Aircraft time
19,967 hours, 15,861 cycles
Engine
Allsn AE3007A
Engine time
13,622 hours, 11,272 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
14590091001
Part serial
UNKNOWN
Condition
Out Of Tolerance
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CLE TO MCI - DURING CLIMB THE MAIN DOOR BEGAN SQUEALING AROUND 14,000 TO 16,000FT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO 30,000FT, ACCELERATED TO CRUISE SPEED AND THE DOOR CONTINUED TO SQUEAL. AS A PRECAUTION THE CREW DECIDED TO DIVERT TO STL WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE DOOR FRAME SEAL BEYOND AMM LIMITS AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. AFTER REPLACING THE SEAL, THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRESSURE TESTED ON THE GROUND AND NO LEAKS WERE NOTED.

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