SDR CAL960426

Service difficulty report · A/C Pack · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 30, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N83870
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
48056
Part
A/C Pack
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Rt A/C Pack
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, B, G

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

What was found

FLT NR 1620 - DEN - THE A/C CABIN BEGAN TO CLIMB AT 5000 FPM WHILE AT FL 330 EN ROUTE FROM LAS TO CLE. AN EMERGENCY DESCENT WAS INITIATED, THE OXYGEN MASKS WERE DEPLOYED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO DEN WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE RT PACK AUTO TEMP CONTROL SYS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PLACARDED INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT PACK ANTICIPATOR AND THE PLACARD WAS REMOVED. OPERATION OF BOTH PACKS WAS NORMAL. ALL OXYGEN MASKS HAD OPERATED PROPERLY. ALL OXYGEN GENERATORS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 35-22-01 AND ALL OXYGEN MASKS WERE RESTOWED IAW MM 35-22-02. (M)

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