SDR 0118

Service difficulty report · Valve · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
July 13, 2001
Submitted
July 24, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N445CW
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK45
Aircraft time
3,068 hours, 3,450 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
6420001
Part serial
1353
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin Pressure
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS AT 35,000 FT WHEN THERE WAS A SOUND OF RUSHING AIR ACCOMPANIED BY SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DESCENDED TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT (LAS) AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION CAME ON DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE EMERGENCY PRESS VALVE. UNIT WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT WAS TEST FLOWN AND WAS FOUND TO BE OK.

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