SDR CAL950416

Service difficulty report · Separator · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
May 24, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14889
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49118
Part
Separator
Part number
17946081
Condition
Frozen Shut
Location
L&R Air Cond Sys
Part time
20,022 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
G, O

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

What was found

IAH - FLT 0108 - THE AIRCRAFT STARTED LOSING PRESSURE AT 37,000 FEET WITH DE-ICING ON, AND OXYGEN MASKS WERE DROPPED MANUALLY. CREW ATTEMPTED SECONDARY WHICH INDICATED FAILURE, SO SWITCHED BACK TO PRIMARY. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE OBSERVED SEVERAL OXYGEN MASKS HAD NOT DEPLOYED. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WATER SEPARATOR PRESSURE RELIEF PLUNGERS WERE FOUND FROZEN SHUT UPON INSPECTION OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. BOTH WATER SEPARATOR ASSEMBLIES REMOVED AND REPLACED. MASK RELEASE SOLENOID AT AFT GALLEY ATTENDANT SEAT FOUND SHORTED. SOLENOID REPLACED. THE USED OXYGEN GENERATORS ALSO REPLACED. ACFT PRESSURIZATION CHKS AND FUNCTIONAL TEST OF OXYGEN SYSTEM WERE GOOD. (X)

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