Service difficulty report · Seal · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
August 18, 2009
Submitted
September 14, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1071
Aircraft time
11,493 hours, 9,190 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
1159SCB2022
Part serial
A479
Condition
Split
Location
Cargo Door
Part time
64 hours, 66 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
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

BAGGAGE DOOR SEAL HAD SMALL SPLIT ALONG GLUE LINE WHERE THE TWO ENDS MEET. FOUND WHEN OPENING BAGGAGE DOOR AND THE SEAL DIDN'T DEFLATE WHEN BAGGAGE DOOR HANDLE WAS ROTATED TO UNLOCKED POSITION. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME REPLACING A BAGGAGE DOOR SEAL THAT HAS SPLIT AT THE GLUE SEAM.