Narrative:

Door 2L has very loud pressure squeal in-flight. Squeal is coming from bottom of door. Door was inspected. A piece of door sealing compound was discovered missing. Tape was applied to area. Then the supervisor signed item to be deferred as no leaks noted. I know for a fact the plane was never pressurized. To carry this forward by saying this gets everyone involved -- flight crew, flight attendants, maintenance controller -- that the plane was pressurized and that item found as the reason for the leak, making everyone feel it was addressed properly. This plane left without being pressurized before flight, to verify that they did indeed find the area of concern. This is falsifying documentation of a known problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-300 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A DOOR PRESSURE LEAK DEFERRED AS AN INTERIM REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED CHKS OK. ACFT WAS NOT PRESSURE CHKED.

Narrative: DOOR 2L HAS VERY LOUD PRESSURE SQUEAL INFLT. SQUEAL IS COMING FROM BOTTOM OF DOOR. DOOR WAS INSPECTED. A PIECE OF DOOR SEALING COMPOUND WAS DISCOVERED MISSING. TAPE WAS APPLIED TO AREA. THEN THE SUPVR SIGNED ITEM TO BE DEFERRED AS NO LEAKS NOTED. I KNOW FOR A FACT THE PLANE WAS NEVER PRESSURIZED. TO CARRY THIS FORWARD BY SAYING THIS GETS EVERYONE INVOLVED -- FLT CREW, FLT ATTENDANTS, MAINT CTLR -- THAT THE PLANE WAS PRESSURIZED AND THAT ITEM FOUND AS THE REASON FOR THE LEAK, MAKING EVERYONE FEEL IT WAS ADDRESSED PROPERLY. THIS PLANE LEFT WITHOUT BEING PRESSURIZED BEFORE FLT, TO VERIFY THAT THEY DID INDEED FIND THE AREA OF CONCERN. THIS IS FALSIFYING DOCUMENTATION OF A KNOWN PROB.

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.