Service difficulty report · Speaker · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
November 1, 2017
Submitted
November 22, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
680A0056
Aircraft time
720 hours, 458 cycles
Part
Speaker
Part number
S28001139
Part serial
20012
Condition
Defective
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FL 400, HAD A SUDDEN AND EXTREMELY LOUD RUSHING AIR NOISE LIKE A CABIN DOOR SEAL FAILURE. HAD NO CAS MESSAGES. CABIN PRESSURE REMAINED STEADY. DURING DESCENT, CABIN DESCENDED NORMALLY AND LOUD NOISE DECREASED WITH LESS DEFERENTIAL. THE NOISE STOPPED WHEN CABIN DIFF ZERO. A FEW MINUTES AFTER DOOR OPEN, THE NOISE RETURNED BUT WAS VERY LOW. THE SOUND CYCLED OFF/ON RAPIDLY AND WAS VERY SCRATCHY. THE SOUND CAME FROM THE SMALL BOX COVER ON FED SIDE OF LAVATORY BULKHEAD LEFT BEHIND PAX SEAT. WHEN INTERIOR POWER WAS SELECTED OFF, THE SOUND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED. REPLACED THE CABIN SPEAKERS, AUDIO AMPLIFIER, AND DIGITAL MEDIA SERVER IAW MM 23-50-60 AND 23-30-10. OPS CHECKED GOOD. INSTALLED SPEAKERS.