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Flight crew of an medium large transport returned to land after the aircraft would not start pressurizing which was subsequently found to be caused by a cabin door seal.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 334249 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199604 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 30 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 334249 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft reached 1000 ft. Crew reported to maintenance aircraft would not pressurize and electrical and electronics light came on. Aircraft returned to gate. I inspected aircraft upon arrival and found lower east&east door closed but not completely latched which causes difficulty in aircraft to pressurize. I inspected latch, found it difficult to operate. Lubed and cleaned latch on east&east door, closed and secured door. Aircraft left with no further problems.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG RETURNED TO LAND AFTER THE ACFT WOULD NOT START PRESSURIZING WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND TO BE CAUSED BY A CABIN DOOR SEAL.
Narrative: ACFT REACHED 1000 FT. CREW RPTED TO MAINT ACFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS LIGHT CAME ON. ACFT RETURNED TO GATE. I INSPECTED ACFT UPON ARR AND FOUND LOWER E&E DOOR CLOSED BUT NOT COMPLETELY LATCHED WHICH CAUSES DIFFICULTY IN ACFT TO PRESSURIZE. I INSPECTED LATCH, FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. LUBED AND CLEANED LATCH ON E&E DOOR, CLOSED AND SECURED DOOR. ACFT LEFT WITH NO FURTHER PROBS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.