Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
December 10, 2016
Submitted
December 13, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N438AA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49456
Aircraft time
89,532 hours, 42,418 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Disconnected
Location
A C Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. AIR INTERRUPT, IND-DFW. EMERGENCY NOT DECLARED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. DURING CLIMB THE PRESSURIZATION FLOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT AIR CYCLE MACHINE DUCT DISCONNECTED. RECONNECTED DUCT IAW AMM 21-51-01. ACCOMPLISHED PRESSURIZATION DECAY AND RIGHT PACK OPERATIONAL CHECK IAW AMM 21-00-00. SYSTEM CHECKS NORMAL.

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