Service difficulty report · Valve · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
June 18, 2005
Submitted
October 23, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
9,285 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Valve
Part number
1013840323
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Oxygen Sys
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) PASSENGER OXYGEN MASKS DEPLOYED WHEN THE " PULL ON SYS READY" CONTROL KNOB WAS PULLED. MASKS SHOULD ONLY DEPLOY WHEN BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SWITCH IS TRIPPED OR THE PASSENGER MANUAL OVERRIDE CNTRL KNOB IS PULLED. " PULL ON SYS READY" IS USED TO ARM SYS. PASSENGER MANUAL OVERRIDE VALVE WAS ASSEMBLED IMPROPERLY DURING O/H. WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED, FUNCTION CHECK FOR THE VALE REQUIRES ENSURING THAT THE MASKS DEPLOY WITH BOTH CONTROL KNOBS PULLED WITH THE CONTROL ARM ON BACKWARDS THIS TEST WOULD ALWAYS PASS.