Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Pilats PC1247E

Difficulty date
February 29, 2016
Submitted
March 3, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N824SA
Make and model
Pilats PC1247E
Aircraft serial
1523
Aircraft time
1,863 hours, 1,628 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
6031C000001
Part serial
1967
Condition
Unresponsive
Location
Zone 400
Part time
1,871 hours, 1,635 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

CRUISING AT FL 260, THE ACS LOW INFLOW CAS MESSAGE APPEARED AND THE CABIN ALTITUDE CORRESPONDINGLY BEGAN TO RISE. WE REFERENCED THE QRH AND ALERTED ATC THAT WE NEEDED LOWER. THEY INITIALLY GAVE US FL 240, AND AFTER A LITTLE PRODDING GAVE US 17000. BY THIS TIME THE CABIN WAS INCREASING THROUGH 10,000' WITH THE CORRESPONDING CAS AND AURAL ALERTS. WE DONNED OUR OXYGEN MASKS, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WERE CLEARED DOWN TO 10,000. THEN INSTRUCTED OUR PASSENGERS TO PUT ON THEIR OXYGEN MASKS. THE CABIN ALTITUDE MAXED OUT AROUND 12,300'. AFTER LEVELING AT 9000' WE WERE ABLE TO RESET THE SYS WITH THE QRH BUT COORDINATED WITH ATC TO DIVERT. ON VECTORS TO DIRVERTED DESTINATION, WE RECEIVED AN ECS FAULT CAS MESSAGE. AT THAT TIME WE ELECTED TO DIVERT TO ANOTHER DESTINATION. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.