Service difficulty report · Check Valve · Cessna 525

Difficulty date
February 27, 2006
Submitted
March 1, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N254CW
Make and model
Cessna 525
Aircraft serial
5250154
Aircraft time
5,686 hours, 4,650 cycles
Part
Check Valve
Part number
15530018
Part serial
1207
Condition
Leaking
Location
Oxygen Sys
Part time
5,686 hours, 4,650 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
G

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

What was found

CLIMBING FROM 37,500 FT TO 40,000 FT BOTH MASTER CAUTION AND DOOR SEAL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. OXYGEN MASKS WERE DONNED AND CLIMB WAS STOPPED. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO KTOL. THE DOOR SEAL LIGHT EXTINGUISHED BETWEEN 18,000 AND 20,000 FT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AT KTOL WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE DOOR SEAL WAS FOUND TO BE GOOD AFTER BEING INFLATED AND INSPECTED, BUT THE PRESSURE AT THE SEAL WAS ONLY 7 PSI. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE DOOR SEAL INFLATION SYSTEM BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE BLEED AIR CHECKS VALVES WERE FOUND TO BE LEAKING. THE BLEED AIR CHECK VALVES WERE REPLACED AND NORMAL DOOR SEAL PRESSURE WAS ACHIEVED WHEN TESTED. RUN CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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