Service difficulty report · Cabin Pressure · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
June 26, 2025
Submitted
June 26, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N63JT
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
S5500156
Part
Cabin Pressure
Condition
Lost
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
I, A

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

What was found

PER FLIGHTAWARE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KISSIMMEE GATEWAY AIRPORT AT 08:04 ON 6/24/25 AND LANDED AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 08:16 ON 6/24/25. INFORMATION FROM PILOT - "AIRCRAFT LOST PRESSURE AT 35K ALTITUDE. NOTE: CUSTOMER HAD IT LOOKED AT PREVIOUSLY. TECHS FOUND LOOSE CLAMP AT AIR CYCLE MACHINE. THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED AND NOW IT IS DONG THE SAME THING." TEXTRON ORLANDO - "UNKNOWN WHEN AND WHO PREVIOUSLY WORKED." NOTE THIS AIRCRAFT HAS NOT BEEN WORKED ON AT TEXTRON AVIATION ORLANDO IN LAST 5 YEARS. AFTER EVENT THIS IS WHAT WAS FOUND BY TEXTRON ORLANDO: INSPECTED TAIL-CONE DUCTING, FOUND FLOW DIVIDER NOT CONNECTED TO WATER SEPARATOR. REMOVED CLAMP AND INSPECTED COUPLING, SLEEVE AND FLOW DIVIDER FOR DAMAGE, CHECK GOOD. RECONNECTED FLOW DIVIDER TO WATER SEPARATOR. IAW S550 M.M. 21-21-05.

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