Service difficulty report · Regulator Valve · Amd FALCON2000

Difficulty date
September 27, 2017
Submitted
September 27, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N277QS
Make and model
Amd FALCON2000
Aircraft serial
177
Aircraft time
13,024 hours, 8,093 cycles
Part
Regulator Valve
Part number
3313100
Part serial
336
Condition
Binding
Location
Cabin Air Flow
Part time
13,024 hours, 8,093 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

LOW AIRFLOW FROM OVERHEAD AIR GASPERS. RAN AIRCRAFT AND THOUGHT IT WAS LOW OUTPUT FROM AIR COOLING TURBINE. SWAPPED AIR COOLING TURBINE WITH LIKE UNIT FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. RAN AIRCRAFT AGAIN, RESULTS WERE THE SAME. TROUBLE SHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND GASPER PRESSURE REGULATION VALVE WAS STUCK IN THE ALMOST FULLY CLOSED POSITION. REMOVED VALVE FROM AIRCRAFT AND FOUND EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON THE VALVE ASSEMBLY. REPLACED VALVE, REINSTALLED ORIGINAL COOLING TURBINE UNIT, RAN AIRCRAFT, SYSTEM OPERATES NORMALLY. RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.