Service difficulty report · I/O Card · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
February 22, 2018
Submitted
February 24, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N621CS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800120
Aircraft time
5,782 hours, 3,829 cycles
Part
I/O Card
Part number
7025364190
Part serial
06092114
Condition
Faulty
Part time
5,782 hours, 3,829 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
G, B

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

What was found

FLIGHT LEVEL 250 AMBER CABIN ALTITUDE ILLUMINATED ON EICAS. CABIN ALTITUDE WAS AT 8500 WITH A DIFFERENTIAL OF 4.0. AFTER DONNING OUR OXYGEN MASKS RED CABIN ALTITUDE AND ILLUMINATED AND WE HEARD THE DOOR SEAL (MAIN CABIN DOOR) POPPING AND HISSING. AN EMERGENCY DESCENT WAS INITIATED TO 8000FT. CABIN PRESSURIZATION WAS INOPERATIVE. TROUBLESHOOTING LED TO A FAULTY GEN I/O CARD.