SDR ABXA010453

Service difficulty report · Regulator Valve · Doug DC932F

Difficulty date
August 23, 2001
Submitted
August 27, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904AX
Make and model
Doug DC932F
Aircraft serial
47040
Aircraft time
55,461 hours, 43,815 cycles
Part
Regulator Valve
Condition
Stuck
Location
A/C Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
G

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

What was found

CABIN PRESSURIZATION WOULD NOT HOLD 5.4 PSI AT FL250, WOULD NOT HOLD MAX DIFFERENTIAL. WITH ENGINE ANTI-ICE ON, WOULD NOT HOLD CABIN BELOW 10,000 FEET. PNEUMATIC PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATED 30 PSI IN CRUISE WITH PNEUMATIC CROSSFEEDS CLOSED. AFTER PRESSURE WAS BLEED OFF WITH AIRFOIL ANTI-ICE, THE 30 POUNDS OF PNEUMATIC PRESSURE RETURNED IN APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS. CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS DUE TO THE CONDITION. FOUND THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE STUCK OPEN. REPLACED THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE IAW DC-9 MM 21-31-01-2-0003.

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