Service difficulty report · Seal · Boeing 757258

Difficulty date
October 23, 2018
Submitted
October 23, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N964FD
Make and model
Boeing 757258
Aircraft serial
24884
Aircraft time
72,706 hours, 23,729 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
S141N4936
Condition
Leaking
Location
Sliding Window
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

A WHINE STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 6K FT MSL. IT GOT LOUDER AS WE CLIMBED TO 15K FT MSL. WE SLOWED FROM 285 KTS IAS TO 210 KTS IAS AT 15K FT MSL, THE WHINE DECREASED SOME BUT NOT AS MUCH AS DESCENDING. WHINE STOPPED AT 7K FT MSL. BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT SLIDING WINDOW SEAL PN S141N493-6. NO SERIAL NUMBER IAW AMM 56-11-53- 4. PERFORMED SATISFACTORY PRESSURIZATION CHECK IAW AMM 05-51-24-2. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT TO 7 PSID WITH NO LEAKS OR NOISE DETECTED AT THIS TIME.