Service difficulty report · Outflow Valve · Cndair CL6002B16

Difficulty date
September 18, 2024
Submitted
September 23, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N253QS
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B16
Aircraft serial
6182
Part
Outflow Valve
Part number
1036323
Part serial
81A934
Condition
Slow
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CABIN PRESSURIZATION CONTROL: DURING OUR INITIAL CLIMB, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, WE NOTICED THAT OUR CABIN PRESSURE WAS CLIMBING AT THE SAME RATE AS OUR AIRPLANE WAS CLIMBING, 3600+' PER MINUTE. THE CABIN ALTITUDE CONTROL WAS SET FOR OUR DESTINATION OF 4900 FEET. WE LEVELED OFF AT 6000 FEET, AND OUR CABIN ALTITUDE ALSO LEVELED AT 6000 FEET. WE THEN RAN THE NOT PRESSURIZING CHECKLIST, AND TRIED MANUAL MODE. MANUAL MODE DID NOT WORK TO PRESSURIZE AIRCRAFT. WE ALSO SWITCHED BLEEDS, NO EFFECT. WE ALSO SET A LOWER FIELD ELEVATION AND NO EFFECT. WE TRANSFERRED BLEEDS AGAIN BACK TO THE APU, AND TRANSFERRED THE CONTROLLER BACK TO AUTO. AT ONE HOUR AND SIX MINUTES OF FLYING TIME, MOST OF IT LEVEL AT 6000, AND CONTROLLER SET FOR RETURN TO ROUGHLY SEA LEVEL, THE PRESSURIZATION STARTED TO WORK NORMALLY. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REMOVED AND REPLACED PRIMARY OUTFLOW VALVE IN REFERENCE TO CL650 AMM 21-32-01