SDR 96ZZZX4036

Service difficulty report · Valve · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
July 26, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N34TB
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
285
Part
Valve
Condition
Malfunction
Location
Cabin Pressure
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DESTINATION FROM BIRMINGHAM (BHM TO TRI-CITIES (TRI). ON ROTATION OUT OF BIRMINGHAM, BLEED AIR VALVES WENT INTO EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION MODE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BIRMINGHAM AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOT, THEREFORE, NOTIFIED THE DIRECTOR OF OPS AND THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE OF THE PROBLEM. DOM RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND NOTIFIED THE PIC TO RE-CYCLE THE BLEED AIR SWITCHES. CHECKS WERE THEN ACCOMPLISHED BY THE PIC AND THE SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO MEMPHIS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CHECKS THEN WERE MADE BY THE DOM AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBEM.

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