Service difficulty report · Controller · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
April 20, 2009
Submitted
April 22, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N100UX
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE100
Aircraft time
33,315 hours, 39,063 cycles
Part
Controller
Part number
13037432
Part serial
581107
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cabin Pressure
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT.5187 WHILE AT FLIGHT LEVEL 25000, LOST CABIN PRESSURE, DEPLOYED O2 MASKS AND RETURNED TO FMN. INFLIGHT EMERGENCY DECLARED. AIR TURNBACK PILOTS REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE THEY EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURIZATION AT 25000 FT. CABIN WENT TO ZERO DIFFERENTIAL. O2 MASKS WERE DROPPED DUE TO THE SITUATION. MAINTENANCE REMOVED ANDREPLACED THE CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER AND CLEANED THE FILTER OF THE PNEUMATIC RELAY. THE OUTLFOW VALVES WERE INSPECTED AND WERE FOUND TO BE OK IAW 21-30-00 & 30-02-01. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE DUMP SOLENOID WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED PER BMM 30-05-00. ADDITIONALLY THE 02 MASKS WERE RE-STOWED PER BMM 35-10-01. MAINTENANCE PRESSURIZED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND AND THE OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD.

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