Service difficulty report · Controller · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
February 4, 2017
Submitted
February 7, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N971TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53621
Aircraft time
47,451 hours, 23,680 cycles
Part
Controller
Part number
21184904
Part serial
107140
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cabin Pressure
Part time
52,040 hours, 25,093 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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. EMERGENCY DECLARED. IND-DFW FLIGHT RETURNED TO DFW ACCOUNT UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE CABIN. OVERWEIGHT LANDING UNEVENTFUL. REMOVED AND REPLACED CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER NR 1(AALA20170204005) AND CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER NR 2 IAW AMM 21-32-03. LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.

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