Service difficulty report · Screw · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
March 17, 2021
Submitted
March 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N616QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0246
Aircraft time
518 hours, 348 cycles
Part
Screw
Condition
Loose
Location
Door Seal
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

MAIN DOOR: A LOUD SQUEAL IS HEARD DURING DESCENT BETWEEN 18-14,000FT. "CORRECTIVE ACTION" PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT UP TO 3.7 PSI AND DID NOT HEAR HEAR ANY SQUEALING NOISES GOING UP. ON THE WAY DOWN WE HEARD THE SQUEALING NOISE START AT 2.2 PSI. FOUND AREA AT THE MAIN CABIN DOOR WHERE THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM. DEPRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT AND OPENED DOOR. INSPECTED AREA OF SEAL AND DOOR WHERE THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM AND FOUND A LOOSE SCREW IN THE DOOR SEAL. WE ALSO CLEANED SEAL AND AREAS OF THE DOOR WHERE SEAL MEETS. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT MULTIPLE TIMES UP TO 3.0 PSI AND BACK DOWN STOPPING AT 2.2 FOR A WHILE AND NOT LONGER HEARD THE NOISE.

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