Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
December 10, 2012
Submitted
January 16, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N510JC
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
0197
Aircraft time
9,300 hours, 8,603 cycles
Part
Tee Fitting
Part number
31085614
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cabin Pressure
Part time
9,300 hours, 8,603 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ACFT WILL NOT DEPRESSURIZE UNTIL ACFT HAS LANDED. FOUND TEE FITTING FOR AUX VOLUME TANK CRACKED. REMOVED AND INSTALLED NEW TEE FITTING, FOUND VACUUM SHUTOFF VALVE CRACKED. REMOVED SHUTOFF VALVE, AND INSTALLED NEW VALVE, IAW MM 21-31-02. PERFORMED ENGINE RUNS AND TESTED PRESSURIZATION SYS OPS CHECK IAW MM 21-31-00. SYS OPS CHECK OK. REINSTALLED CABIN INTERIOR REMOVED TO GAIN ACCESS TO SYS.

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