Service difficulty report · Seal · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
November 10, 2014
Submitted
November 15, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N402QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4032
Aircraft time
32,665 hours, 34,169 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cargo Door
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ACFT WILL NOT PRESSURIZE. RETURNED TO FIELD. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. INTERROGATED CDS & RETRIEVED FAULTS. CPC/OF VALVE DATA FAIL, CP CONTROLLER FAIL. INSPECTED AND FOUND AFT BAGGAGE DOOR NOT INFLATING. FOUND SEAL VALVE NOT INFLATING SEAL. APPLIED EXTERNAL HEAT SOURCE FOR 45 MINUTES TO DRY VALVE AND LINES. SEAL THEN INFLATED WHEN DOOR CLOSED. CLEARED ABOVE NOTED CPC FAULTS IAW FIM TASK 21-30-00-810-804 AND NR 21-30-00-810-809. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST OF PRESSURIZATION CONTROL IAW TASK NR 21-31-00-720-801. ACFT PRESSURIZED NORMALLY AND CDS FAULTS DID NOT RETURN.