SDR 2025F00235

Service difficulty report · Controller · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
October 2, 2025
Submitted
October 7, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N499GS
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
452014
Aircraft time
9,900 hours, 7,594 cycles
Part
Controller
Part number
6621300000027
Part serial
66J0146
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin Pressure
Part time
9,066 hours, 6,922 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

N499GS TRIP 8907, 2 OCT 2025, LEG 1 KBNA KMCN. NO PAX ONBOARD. DURING CRUISE AT FL450 THE CABIN BEGAN DEPRESSURIZING. RECEIVED CABIN ALTITUDE AMBER, THEN MASTER WARNING (WITHIN AN APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE OF EACH OTHER) AND PERFORMED MEMORY ITEMS FOR THE EMERGENCY DESCENT. I DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RAN CHECKLISTS, AND DIVERTED TO A NEARBY SUITABLE AIRPORT (KMCN) WHERE THE WEATHER WAS BETTER THAN THE PLANNED DESTINATION AND THE AIRPORT IS TOWERED WITH LONGER RUNWAYS AND MORE SERVICES