Service difficulty report · Valve · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
November 26, 2000
Submitted
December 27, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N67SF
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500231
Part
Valve
Part number
260111
Part serial
1068
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Wing
Part time
1,814 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED THE EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION WAS COMING ON WHEN THE WING DEICE WAS SWITCHED ON. NO INDICATION ON ANNUNCIATOR PANEL TO INDICATE EITHER OF THE EMERGENCY PRESS SYSTEMS BEING ACTIVATED. DISCOVERED THE RT EMERG PRESSURIZATION VALVE WAS LEAKING BY AT LOWER ENGINE POWER SETTINGS (BELOW 55 PERCENT N1), BUT WOULD OPEN FULLY AT HIGHER POWER SETTINGS (80 PERCENT N1 OR ABOVE). ACTIVATION OF THE WING ANTI-ICE ALSO ALLOWED BLEED AIR TO BE SUPPLIED TO EMERG PRESS VALVE WHICH ALLOWED FAULTY VALVE TO OPEN. VALVE REPLACED WITH O/H ONE BY MFG. NO SPECIFIC CAUSE COULD BE DETERMINED FOR VALVE TO FAIL. (X)

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