Service difficulty report · Exhaust Duct · Emb EMB145LR

Difficulty date
April 28, 2015
Submitted
April 30, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N22971
Make and model
Emb EMB145LR
Aircraft serial
145149
Aircraft time
38,607 hours, 29,175 cycles
Part
Exhaust Duct
Part number
14520385407
Condition
Damaged
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

DURING CLIMB THRU FL210 CABIN ALTITUDE STARTED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY, INTO AMBER RANGE, FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, DEPLOYED OXYGEN MASKS AND DESCENDED TO 10,000 INITIALLY. THE ACFT RETURNED WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE ACFT AND R & R THE NR 1 PACK OUTLET DUCT, EXHAUST GRATE, AND RUBBER SLEEVE. OPS CHECKS WERE PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED AND THE ACFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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