Service difficulty report · Actuator · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
April 19, 2016
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9622A
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53593
Aircraft time
49,610 hours, 23,845 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
20219742
Part serial
1271931
Condition
Faulty
Location
Outflow Valve
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
H, I

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What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GNDED. EMER DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT NOT OVERWEIGHT. DURING APPROACH, AT 25,000 FEET, AUTO PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER NR 1 BECAME INOPERATIVE. SWITCHED TO NR 2 & CABIN ALTITUDE WENT TO SEA LEVEL. R & R THE OUTFLOW ACTUATOR IAW AMM 32-21-05. ACCOMPLISHED BITE CHECK IAW AMM 21-32-00-201 WITH NO FAULTS FOUND.

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