Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
March 20, 2009
Submitted
March 27, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803ML
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49726
Aircraft time
53,212 hours, 32,034 cycles
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Cabin Pressure
Part time
24,841 hours, 15,000 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE DUE TO PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM FAIL DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB, CABIN ALTITUDE AND FLOW LIGHTS CAME ON. MX REPLACED BOTH WIRING SECOND SEGMENT SWITCHES IAW AMM 21-31-09, THE PRESSURE CONTROLLER WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 21-32-03, THE WIRING OF THE R2-147 TO S1-297 AND R2-148 TO S1-296 WERE CHECKED BY ISOLATION IAW SDM 21-50-3 AND WERE REPAIRED IAW WDM 21-11-00, THE CABIN PRESS CONTROL TEST IAW AMM 21-31-09, ALL CORRECT. THE OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS NOT NECESSARY, ACFT LANDED WITH 121,000 POUNDS AND THE MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT IS 128,000 POUNDS.

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