SDR 2000ZZZX50

Service difficulty report · Clamp · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
December 15, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N208PC
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5605005
Part
Clamp
Part number
S189140
Condition
Failed
Location
Right
Part time
590 hours
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

INITIAL PILOT COMPLAINT OF COLD COCKPIT AT ALTITUDE (41,000 FEET) AND LOW FLOW OF CONDITIONED AIR. NEXT FLIGHT HAD COLD COCKPIT AND CABIN AND LOW FLOW OF CONDITIONED AIR AFTER CLIMBING PAST 20,000 FEET. ACFT COULD NOT MAINTAIN CABIN PRESS AT 41,000 FEET WHEN PILOTS SELECTED SINGLE SOURCE BLEED AIR. MAINT INSP PRESS DUCTS AND FOUND HOSE CLAMP HAD SLIPPED OFF COUPLING SLEEVE WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO WARM AIR TAIL CONE TUBE EXITING FUSELAGE SKIN DOWN STREAM OF RT MIXING MUFF. IT APPEARED CLAMP WAS INSTALLED ON BEAD OF THE WARM AIR TUBE, AS NOT ENOUGH OF SLEEVE CAME PAST THE BEAD. CLAMP EVENTUALLY SLIPPED OFF THE PRESS AND HEATING CYCLES ALLOWING TUBE AND SLEEVE TO LEAK WHEN CABIN DIFFERENTIAL PRESS INCREASED.