Service difficulty report · Line · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
December 28, 2007
Submitted
January 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N335QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600335
Aircraft time
11,059 hours, 8,886 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Part
Line
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Door Seal
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
G, B

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

What was found

EMERGENCY DECLARED, LOST PRESSURIZATION WHILE IN CRUISE AT FL390. HEARD AUDIBLE "POP" FOLLOWED BY AIR "HISSING" AND CABIN CLIMBING AT >4000 FPM. CABIN ALT REACHED 10000 FEET. DEPLOYED MASKS MANUALLY FOR ELDERLY PAX. PERFORMED EMER DESCENT CABIN REMAINED NEAR 10000 FT TILL PASSING FL240 IN THE DESCENT. INSPECTED CABIN PRESS SYSTEM FOUND SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER IN DOOR SEAL LINES ALONG WITH TORN DOOR GROMMET. PURGED SYSTEM WITH NITROGEN AND REPLACED GROMMET. COMPLIED WITH PRESSURE CHECK INSIDE. OPS CK GOOD. GROUND RUN AIRCRAFT OPS CK GOOD.