Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
September 13, 2014
Submitted
October 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N76200
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53290
Aircraft time
69,268 hours, 29,916 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Leaking
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE CABIN STARTED TO CLIMB WITH A PRESSURIZATION FLOW LIGHT AFTER MANUALLY CLOSING OUTFLOW VLV CABIN WAS STILL CLIMBING. BOTH FLOW GOUGES SHOWED AIR TO THE PACKS AT 10000 CABIN STARTED TO DESCEND. CABIN ALTITUDE NEVER EXCEEDED LIMITS. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND DUCT LEAK AT FLANGE OF RT PACK WATER SEPARATOR. REPLACED DUCT & BOTH WATER SEPARATORS. SYS GND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION CLOSED.

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