Service difficulty report · Cabin Pressure · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
January 2, 2016
Submitted
January 4, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N110SN
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1208
Aircraft time
9,631 hours, 3,722 cycles
Part
Cabin Pressure
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DEPARTED, EN-ROUTE, ON A PART 91 RE-POSITION. LEVELED OFF AT FL410. ABOUT 28 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT AND 4 MINUTES AFTER LEVEL FLIGHT, HEARD 3 BONGS COMBINED WITH A CABIN PRESSURE LOW MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY 9.6 DIFFERENTIAL MESSAGE. CONFIRMED THAT WE WERE INDEED LOOSING CABIN PRESSURE BY CROSS REFERENCING WITH THE CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER WHICH WAS READING A CABIN CLIMB RATE OF 2,000 FT A MINUTE. IMMEDIATELY, DONNED O2 MASKS, INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DECENT AND SQUAWKED 7700. INFORMED ATC OF OUR SITUATION AND INTENT TO LAND. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. CONDITIONS WERE DAY VFR.