Service difficulty report · Switch · Pilats PC1247E

Difficulty date
December 8, 2024
Submitted
December 11, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N131AF
Make and model
Pilats PC1247E
Aircraft serial
2131
Aircraft time
2,756 hours, 2,384 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Engine time
2,756 hours, 2,384 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
9738132214
Part serial
1968
Condition
Faulted
Location
Zone 400
Part time
455 hours, 426 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

WHILE OVER ORD AT FL240, AIR CYCLE SYSTEM (ACS) LOW INFLOW CAUTION ADVISORY SYSTEM (CAS) MESSAGE WAS TRIGGERED, ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUDIBLE CHANGE IN THE AIRCRAFT’S PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM. CREW REFERRED TO QUICK RESPONSE HANDBOOK (QRH) AND SUCCESSFULLY RESET THE ACS. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE SAME CAS MESSAGE REAPPEARED. CREW DONNED O2 MASKS AND INSTRUCTED PASSENGERS DO SAME. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH CHICAGO CENTER, EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET, LEVELED OFF. HIGHEST CABIN ALTITUDE REACHED DURING THIS DESCENT WAS APPROXIMATELY 9,800 FEET. THE CREW CONTINUED FLIGHT TO DESTINATION AT 10,000 WITH AN UNEVENTFUL APPROACH AND LANDING. (MECHANICAL) POST FLIGHT, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED FAULTY SWITCH IN ACS. REMOVED DUCT OVER-TEMP SWITCH PN 973.81.32.214 SN 1968. INSTALLED NEW SWITCH PN 973.81.32.214 SN 2077 IAW PILATUS AMM 12-B-21-40-06-00A-920-A-A. OPERATIONAL TESTS CHECK GOOD.