Service difficulty report · Relay · Lkheed 10113853

Difficulty date
November 29, 2000
Submitted
February 7, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N160AT
Make and model
Lkheed 10113853
Aircraft serial
293A1217
Part
Relay
Part number
2432K11
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Ee Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G, J, H
Precautionary procedure
G, B

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

What was found

AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 39,000 FEET, THE PILOT NOTICED THE DC STANDBY BUS FAIL LIGHT ON AND ESSENTIAL STANDBY POWER LIGHT ON THE PILOT''S CAUTION WARNING PANEL. WHILE WORKING THE PROBLEM THE CREW NOTICED THAT ALL POWER WAS LOST TO THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION CONTROL PANEL AND THE CABIN ALTITUDE HAD STARTED TO RISE AT ABOUT 200-500 FOOT PER MINUTE. MOST OF CABIN MASKS DEPLOYED, BUT OTHERS DID NOT. POWER WAS RESTORED TO THE DC ESSENTIAL BUSS AND CONTROL OF THE PRESSURIZATION WAS REGAINED AT 14,000 FT. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AT DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PERSONNEL COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AFTER EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING. THE FOLLOWING PARTS WERE REPLACED, DC STANBY XFER RELAY, DC ESS BU