A B757-200 returned to the field and landed overweight due to a leaking entrance door seal.

Attributes
ACN	493544
Time
Date	200011
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	493544
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : person 4
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport
Consequence	other other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : manuals performance deficiency : repair performance deficiency : logbook entry performance deficiency : inspection
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft FAA Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	FAA
Situations
Publication	MAINT MANUAL

Narrative:

After departure, flight attendant reported loud squeal from L2 door. Waited for aircraft to pressurize but squeal got worse. Returned to ZZZ for overweight landing. Weight was 220,500 pounds -- rate of descent at touchdown was 80 FPM, landing normal. When at gate xx after return, spoke with maintenance supervisor and asked what was involved in the overweight inspection. He said he could not tell me because all their manuals were hidden away today due to an FAA audit as they were known to not be current.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED OVERWT DUE TO A LEAKING ENTRANCE DOOR SEAL.

Narrative: AFTER DEP, FLT ATTENDANT RPTED LOUD SQUEAL FROM L2 DOOR. WAITED FOR ACFT TO PRESSURIZE BUT SQUEAL GOT WORSE. RETURNED TO ZZZ FOR OVERWT LNDG. WT WAS 220,500 LBS -- RATE OF DSCNT AT TOUCHDOWN WAS 80 FPM, LNDG NORMAL. WHEN AT GATE XX AFTER RETURN, SPOKE WITH MAINT SUPVR AND ASKED WHAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE OVERWT INSPECTION. HE SAID HE COULD NOT TELL ME BECAUSE ALL THEIR MANUALS WERE HIDDEN AWAY TODAY DUE TO AN FAA AUDIT AS THEY WERE KNOWN TO NOT BE CURRENT.

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.