Service difficulty report · Seal · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
November 7, 2010
Submitted
November 11, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422FL
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK346
Part
Seal
Part number
45AS31014003
Condition
Loose
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB, CREW NOTED A LOUD SQUEAL FOLLOWED BY A POP AND A STEADY LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE (ABOUT 2000 FPM). EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE EXECUTED AND EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ACFT LANDED SAFELY. MX INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FOUND THE MAIN ENTRY DOOR SEAL HAD COME LOOSE. THE DOOR SEAL WAS REATTACHED.

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