SDR 0201319609

Service difficulty report · Shutoff Valve · Doug DC932

Difficulty date
April 18, 2002
Submitted
April 26, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N609NW
Make and model
Doug DC932
Aircraft serial
47234
Aircraft time
68,488 hours, 60,907 cycles
Part
Shutoff Valve
Part number
39271411
Part serial
02434
Condition
Failed
Location
A/C Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

MASTER WARNING AND CABIN PRESSURE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AT FL350. AIRFOIL AND ENGINE ANTI-ICE WERE SELECTED ON. CABIN ALTITUDE WAS 10,000 FEET AND CLIMBING AT 1200 FPM. CREW PERFORMED AND EMERGENCY DESCENT AND SHUT OFF THE AIRFOIL ANTI-ICE AND THE PNEUMATIC CROSSFEED VALVE. CABIN REACHED 12,500 FEET BUT THE MASKS DID NOT DEPLOY. CABIN STARTED TO RECOVER DURING THE DESCENT AND THE CONTROLLER SEEMED TO HAVE OPERATED NORMALLY ALL THE WAY TO LANDING. LANDING AT MSP WAS UNEVENTFUL. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT PACK PRESSURE SHUTOFF VALVE NOT ALLOWING ENOUGH FLOW THROUGH THE RIGHT PACK FLOW CONTROL VALVE AND REPLACED THE RIGHT PRESSURE SHUTOFF VALVE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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