SDR CKSA97255

Service difficulty report · Grd Shift Mech · Doug DC8F55

Difficulty date
May 22, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6161M
Make and model
Doug DC8F55
Aircraft serial
45762
Part
Grd Shift Mech
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Nlg Ww
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
J

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

What was found

MANIFOLD AIR PRESSURE WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 15 PSI AT CLIMB POWER (3 TC'S ON) RIGHT BLEED SWITCHES HAD NO EFFECT ON PRESSURE WITH CROSSFEED CLOSED AND NR 1 AND 2 BLEEDS ON MANIFOLD PRESSURE OVER 20 AND VARIES AS HIGH AS 40 PSI. CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING HORN CAME ON WITH CABIN AT 2,000 FEET. CABIN PRESSURIZATION VARIED WILDLY AND CABIN BASICALLY FOLLOWED AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE. ADJUSTED GROUND SHIFT MECHANISM IAW DC8 MM 32-2-4. FUEL DUMP 62,000 LBS IN INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE.

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