Service difficulty report · Cabin Pressure · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
March 13, 2016
Submitted
March 16, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9405T
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53141
Aircraft time
65,726 hours, 32,386 cycles
Part
Cabin Pressure
Condition
Uncontrollable
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

AT 23,000 FEET, CABIN PRESS ALTITUDE WAS CLIMBING MORE THAN 1,500 FEET PER MINUTE. ENG & WING ANTI-ICE WERE ON. CLOSED OUTFLOW VLV, BUT COULDN`T CONTROL CABIN PRESS. EMER DECLARED. EMER DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET. FLIGHT RETURNED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PERFORMED PRESS CONTROLLER CHECKS IAW 21-32-00, ACFT DECAY CHECKS IAW 21-00-00, OUTFLOW VLV CHECKS IAW 21-32-05, WIRING CHECKS IAW 21-31-00, & PACK CONFIDENCE CHECKS IAW 21-00-00, NO FAULTS FOUND. THE ACFT WAS GNDED.

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