Service difficulty report · Relief Valve · Israel 1124

Difficulty date
February 8, 2015
Submitted
February 18, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N349MC
Make and model
Israel 1124
Aircraft serial
224
Aircraft time
9,715 hours, 7,089 cycles
Part
Relief Valve
Part number
227915
Part serial
60
Condition
Faulty
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
9,715 hours, 7,089 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF CREW REPORTED THE ACFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE. CREW SWITCHED AIR SOURCE TO EMER AIR AT WHICH TIME THEY NOTICED A HAZE WITH AN EXHAUST ODOR. RETURNED & UPON TAXI TURN OFF THE PILOT THOUGHT A LITTLE SMOKE MIGHT HAVE COME FROM THE OUTSIDE NOSE LT AVIONICS PITOT TUBE AREA. PERFORMED VISUAL & OPERATIONAL CHECK IN LT AVIONICS COMPARTMENT, FOUND NO DISCREPANCIES. PERFORMED INSP CHECK & RIGGING CHECK OF THE LT MLG POSITION SWITCH, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. TROUBLESHOOTING OF PRESSURIZATION FOUND THE BLEED PRESS RELIEF VLV PN 227915 TO BE FAULTY & BYPASSING. R & R THE PRESS RELIEF VLV & PERFORMED GND PRESSURIZATION CHECK, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. PERFORMED GND CHECK OF ALL AIR SOURCES DURING ENG RUNS, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED IAW 1124 MM 32-60-00, 21-30-00, 32-60-00, 21-30-06 & 21-00-01. PERFORMED VISUAL & OPERATION INSP OF COCKPIT & CABIN ELEC EQUIP, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED IAW 1124 MM 5-20-01 & 5-20-02. IT IS BELIEVED THE HAZE IN THE COCKPIT CAME FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF HOT UNCONDITIONED AIR FROM EMER AIR SOURCE FROM THE ENG SOURCE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY IN CABIN AFTER EARLY MORNING DEPARTURE.

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