Service difficulty report · Mixing Valve · Raythn HAWKER800XP

Difficulty date
December 15, 2023
Submitted
December 15, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N613GF
Make and model
Raythn HAWKER800XP
Aircraft serial
258440
Aircraft time
9,629 hours, 5,525 cycles
Part
Mixing Valve
Part number
321378811
Part serial
1742
Condition
Stuck
Location
Zone 400
Stage of operation
DE
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

AS FLIGHT CREW BEGAN DESCENT FROM FL380 TO THEIR DESTINATION AIRPORT KBOW CABIN ALTITUDE BEGAN TO CLIMB AND HIGH CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING HORN CAME ON . CABIN OXYGEN MASKS DID DEPLOY AND FLIGHT CREW DID DON THEIR OXYGEN MASKS. FLT CREW BEGAN RAPID DESCENT TO BELOW 10,000 FT AND COMPLETED THEIR APPROACH TO DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE PASSENGERS ON BOARD THAT DID ALSO DON THEIR OXYGEN MASKS AND AFTER COMPLETION OF THE FLIGHT DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURIES OR ILL EFFECTS. AFTER REVIEW BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IT WAS DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE CABIN DE-PRESSURIZATION WAS A STUCK LH PRESSURIZATION MIXING VALVE, STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION.