Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
April 10, 2017
Submitted
April 14, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7548A
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
53030
Aircraft time
73,491 hours, 38,662 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
97968011
Condition
Faulty
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AT FL250 PRESSURIZATION FLOW LIGHT CAME ON. UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF CABIN, LEFT PACK ZERO FLOW. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING SINGLE PACK WITH THE RIGHT HAND PACK PREVIOUSLY PLACARDED. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. THE CABIN PRESSURE REACHED 12,500. THE MASKS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO BNA AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE WATER SEPARATOR TEMP CONTROL VALVE IAW AMM 21-20-03. ALSO REPLACED BOTH COALESCER BAGS IAW 21-20-02. THE RIGHT PACK CONTINUED ON MEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.

More about the Doug DC-9-82