Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
June 15, 2022
Submitted
June 17, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N686QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605661
Aircraft time
13,361 hours, 10,375 cycles
Part
Pressure Switch
Condition
Intermittent
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

MAIN DOOR PRIMARY SEAL: AFTER STARTING APU WITH MAIN CABIN DOOR OPEN NOTICED THE DOOR SEAL ANNUNCIATOR WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. FOUND MAIN CABIN DOOR SEAL INFLATED. CAN NOT SHUT MAIN CABIN DOOR. THIS IS A REPEAT WRITEUP. // SIGNOFF// REMOVED DOOR STEPS. CHECKED DOOR SEAL PRESSURE SWITCH, INFLATION VALVE, AND DEFLATION VALVE. APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE SYSTEM. DOOR SEAL AND DOOR OPEN ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT WERE ON. CLOSED THE DOOR AND THE DOOR SEALS INFLATED. ANNUCIATOR LIGHT WENT AWAY. OPENED THE DOOR AND THE SEAL DEFLATED AND THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. WITH THE DOOR OPENED PUSHED THE SWITCH IN AND VERIFIED THE SEALS INFLATED AND DEFLATED WHEN SWITCH WAS RELEASED. DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. GAINED ACCESS TO THE PARTICULATE TRAP LOCATED AFT OF THE MED UNDER THE FLOOR PANEL. VERIFIED THE TRAP INSTALLED WITH THE DRAIN HOLE IN THE LOWER POSTION AS INSTRUCTED PER THE AMM. WITH THE ACCESS GAINED APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE SYSTEM AND VERIFIED THAT THE AIR WAS ESCAPING FROM THE PARTICULATE TRAP AS REQUIRED. CLOSED ALL ACCESS GAINED THE RIG OF THE SWITCHES FROM THE HANDLE AND THE AIRFRAME AND NO FAULTS FOUND. PURGED THE SERVICE AIR SYSTEM WITH DRY NITROGEN TO VERIFY NO WATER WAS IN THE SYSTEM. INSTALLED STEPS AND PERFORMED ANOTHER OPS CHECK WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. IN REF TO CE-560XL AMM 52-10-04.

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