Service difficulty report · Bottle · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
December 13, 2018
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Part
Bottle
Part number
176234DASH40
Condition
Damaged
Location
Crew Oxygen
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) CREW REPORTED THAT THE CPCS FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED COUPLED WITH LOUD AIR WHEN PASSING FL180 - 190. AIRCRAFT LEVELED OFF AT FL190 AND ATC WAS INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT CREW DECIDED TO DON THE OXYGEN MASKS AS A PRECAUTION. BUT, ALL THREE MASKS WERE UNABLE TO SUPPLY O2 AND THE GAUGES REVERTED FROM GREEN TO RED. HOWEVER, CREW DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITHOUT OXYGEN ON THE BASIS THAT THE CABIN ALT WAS STABLE. ON INSPECTION OF THE CABIN PRESSURE GAUGE THE MAX DIFF HAD BEEN REACHED BUT THE CABIN PRESSURE WAS AT APX 4500FT, SO, FLIGHT CONTINUED AT FL190 AND THE QRH WAS CARRIED OUT, WHICH CLEARED THE CPCS FAULT LIGHT. PRESSURISATIN WAS MONITORED DURING THE FLIGHT AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE OXYGEN CYLINDER FOR A FAULTY REGULATOR.