Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
January 22, 2003
Submitted
March 4, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N926DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49713
Aircraft time
39,476 hours, 31,952 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
UNKNOWN
Part serial
3635
Condition
Failed
Location
Aft
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
I

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

What was found

AT 350FL THE CABIN PRESS AND CABIN ALT WAS CLBING AT 2K FT/MIN. BOTH PACKS WERE IN AUTO AND WERE NOT RESPONDING. DESCENDING TO 280FL STILL NG. WENT TO MANUAL NO HELP. BOTH PACK PRESS READ ZERO. DESCENDED TO 100FL AND THE CABIN WAS 180FL AND THE O2 MASK DEPLOYED. REPLACED FLOW CONTROL VALVES

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