Service difficulty report · Seal · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
July 4, 2010
Submitted
July 8, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N428QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4160
Aircraft time
7,805 hours, 8,511 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW150A
Part
Seal
Condition
Leaking
Location
Emergency Exit
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMBOUT OF 21,000 HAD A VERY LOUD WHINE COMING FROM RT FWD EMERGENCY EXIT CABIN DIFFERENTIAL WAS 4.5 PSI CABIN ALT WAS 6000. RETURNED TO FIELD. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. INSPECTED DOOR SEAL AND MATING SURFACE, RECONTOURED SEALANT AT UPPER AND LOWER DOOR INTERSECTION. CHECK FLIGHT, OK RETURNED TO SERVICE.