Service difficulty report · Cabin Pressure · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
November 22, 2013
Submitted
November 26, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N936DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49723
Aircraft time
64,373 hours, 48,780 cycles
Part
Cabin Pressure
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PERFORMED AN AIR TURN BACK DUE TO ACFT CABIN WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE DURING CLIMB OUT. FLOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NO FAULTS ON EITHER CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLERS. OUTFLOW VALVE OPERATION CHECKED GOOD. PRESSURIZED ACFT ON EACH PACK WITH NO EXTERNAL LEAKS FOUND. NO DUCT LEAKS TAIL COMPARTMENT. CABIN PRESSURE LEAK DOWN GOOD. CABIN SAFETY RELIEF VALVE CHECK GOOD. SINGLE ENGINE SECOND SEGMENT CLIMB SWITCH AMM 21-31 CHECKED GOOD.

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