Service difficulty report · Seal · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
December 2, 2024
Submitted
December 4, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N612QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
680A0256
Aircraft time
4,970 hours, 3,277 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
99148151
Condition
Leaking
Location
Zone 800
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING FLIGHT, PASSENGERS NOTIFIED US OF A SQUEAL COMING FROM THE BACK. THE SQUEAL SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE UPPER EMERGENCY EXIT AREA. PREPARED AND PRESSURIZED THE AIRCRAFT AND WE DID NOT HEAR ANY NOISE AFTER DEPRESSURIZING WE REMOVED THE EMER DOOR AND INSPECTED THE SEAL. THE TOP FORWARD CORNER SEEMED A LITTLE MORE WORN THAN THE OTHER CORNERS AND THE SEAL WAS SLATHERED IN PETROLEUM JELLY. WE REMOVED THE SEAL (P/N: 9914815-1, S/N: N/A), CLEANED UP ALL THE PETROLEUM JELLY AND REPLACED WITH A CUSTOMER SUPPLIED NEW SEAL. REINSTALLED THE DOOR AND REPRESSURIZED, NO LEAKS DETECTED. WORK PERFORMED IAW CESSNA 680A AMM 52-20-15.

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