Service difficulty report · Transducer · Gulstm GIV

Difficulty date
January 16, 2012
Submitted
January 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N441QS
Make and model
Gulstm GIV
Aircraft serial
1341
Aircraft time
11,231 hours, 5,651 cycles
Part
Transducer
Part number
2100136110
Part serial
66701
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cabin Pressure
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

LOSS CONTROL OF AUTOMATIC PRESSURIZATION CLIMBING THRU 40,000 FEET, ASSOCIATE CAS MESSAGES, CABIN CLIMB TO 10,800 FEET. PAX MASK'S DIDN'T DROP. ON DESCENT MANUAL PRESSURIZATION APPEARED TO BE INOPERATIVE. POWERED ACFT & FOUND OUTFLOW VALVE WOULD NOT MOVE IN AUTO AND WAS SLOW IN MANUAL MODE. SLAVED IN ANOTHER CABIN PRESSURE TRANSDUCER AND FOUND NO FURTHER DEFECTS AT THIS TIME. RETURNED ACFT TO ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION REMOVED TRANSDUCER. INSTALLED A DIFFERENT TRANSDUCER IAW CMP261244. COMPLIED WITH PRESSURIZATION DELTA P FUNCTIONAL IAW CMP 213056. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.