Service difficulty report · Shutoff Valve · Beech B200

Difficulty date
August 29, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft time
5,745 hours
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4N3
Part
Shutoff Valve
Condition
Misinstalled
Location
Oxygen Cylinder
Component
Oxygen Cylinder · 17640177
Stage of operation
NR
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) DURING SCHEDULED ACFT MX, A REPLACEMENT OXYGEN BOTTLE WAS INSTALLED. FLIGHT CREW LATER DISCOVERED THE OXYGEN SYS WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE OXYGEN SHUTOFF VALVE HAD BEEN RIGGED BACKWARDS TO THAT OF NORMAL OPERATIONS, MEANING WHEN THE COCKPIT HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE SYS READY PULL ON POSITION THE OXYGEN VALVE AT THE BOTTLE WAS SHUTOFF. THE VALVE LEVER IS ABLE TO ROTATE 180 DEGREES AND HAS ON/OFF MARKINGS ON ONE SIDE ONLY. POST INSTALLATION CHECKS CARRIED OUT CONSISTED OF LISTENING FOR THE AUDIBLE FLOW OF AIR WHEN ARMING THE SYS. IN THIS CASE THE AIR FLOW HEARD WAS THAT OF DEPRESSURIZING THE SYS. OXYGEN VALVE RE-RIGGED CORRECTLY AND PROPER PRESSURE AND FLOW OBSERVED AT CREW MASKS.

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