SDR 2024F00000

Service difficulty report · Controller · Raythn HAWKER800XP

Difficulty date
December 27, 2023
Submitted
December 29, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N818LX
Make and model
Raythn HAWKER800XP
Aircraft serial
258534
Aircraft time
14,059 hours, 9,119 cycles
Part
Controller
Part number
1305305
Part serial
118C0393
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
7,577 hours, 5,012 cycles
Component
Pressurization
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMB OUT FROM DENVER, CENTENNIAL, (KAPA), THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE. THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE. MAINTENANCE WAS SUMMONED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER HAD FAILED. AN OVERHAULED PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER WAS INSTALLED AND WAS OPERATIONALLY TESTED ON THE GROUND. AN EVALUATION FLIGHT WAS DONE, AND THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO OPERATE SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.