Service difficulty report · Seal · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
September 25, 2021
Submitted
October 15, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N490FL
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK252
Aircraft time
9,818 hours, 8,124 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
45A31701055
Condition
Leaking
Location
Pax Door
Part time
9,818 hours, 8,124 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

CABIN ALTITUDE WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL, NOTICED THE CABIN RATE CLIMBING @ 1000' PER MIN. THEN HEARD A WHISTLING NOISE CLOSE TO THE CABIN DOOR. "CABIN PRESS LD" LIGHT CAME ON. ONCE WE REACHED BELOW 20,000' THEN THE NOISE GOT QUIETER AFTER WE SELECTED "BOTH HIGH" ON THE CABIN PRESSURE CONTROL. CABIN WOULD NOT MAINTAIN PRESSURE UNTIL WE WERE LOWER AND IN. "BOTH HIGH."

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