SDR 2026F00176

Service difficulty report · Cabin Press Sys · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
August 2, 2026
Submitted
August 14, 2026
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N615KJ
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0225
Aircraft time
5,256 hours, 4,456 cycles
Part
Cabin Press Sys
Part number
52770116
Part serial
3323
Condition
Warning Message
Location
Zone 100
Part time
4,981 hours, 4,211 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, I

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

What was found

AT 2252Z, SIS61 ON DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 33 AT ASE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE AND INFORMED THE RADAR CONTROLLER THEY WERE DESCENDING BACK TO 100 AND NEEDED TO DIVERT TO RIL. THEY DESCENDED FROM 121 TO 100 IN AN 115 MVA AND REQUESTED RADAR VECTORS. THE RADAR CONTROLLER, USING THE EMERGENCY TERRAIN MAP GAVE VECTORS TOWARDS LOWER TERRAIN AND CLEARED SIS61 TO RIL. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS 25 MILES E OF RIL, THE PILOT REPORTED THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD FIXED THE ISSUE AND WANTED TO CLIMB TO TEST THE CABIN PRESSURE. THEY WERE ISSUED A CLIMB ABOVE THE MVA, REPORTED THEY WERE NO LONGER AND EMERGENCY AND ASKED TO CONTINUE TO THEIR ORIGINAL DESTINATION OF RNO. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO RNO WITHOUT INCIDENT. LOWEST OBSERVED ALTITUDE WAS 111 IN A 124 MVA AND 100 IN AN 115 MVA, PILOT REPORTED THEY HAD ALL TERRAIN IN SIGHT. THERE WERE 4 SOB AND 4 HOURS OF FUEL. SDR IS SUBMITTED LATE DUE TO NOT RECEIVING COMPLETE INFORMATION FROM THE CREW.

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