Service difficulty report · Seal · Emb EMB505

Difficulty date
December 2, 2022
Submitted
December 6, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N424QS
Make and model
Emb EMB505
Aircraft serial
50500470
Aircraft time
3,550 hours, 2,743 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
521020000801ALK
Condition
Damaged
Location
Pax Door
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
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

LOUD WHISTLING SOUND EMANATING FROM UPPER PART OF MAIN CABIN DOOR AT ALTITUDE WHERE DELTA P RANGED FROM 9.2 PSI TO 6.5 PSI. PASSENGER WAS DISTURBED BY THE NOTICEABLE SOUND AND CONTACTED CREW. SEAL AROUND MAIN CABIN DOOR APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PATCHED WHERE SOUND WAS COMING FROM. FOUND THAT THE SEAL HAD BEEN REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY AND WAS REPAIRED INCORRECTLY, SPOKE WITH NJ MCC AND THEY WANT US TO REPLACE THE SEAL, PLACED SEAL ON ORDER, REMOVED OLD SEAL AND INSTALLED NEW SEAL RTV IAW EMB-505S AMM CH 52-10-20-000-80 I-A LK AND OP'S CK GOOD.

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