Service difficulty report · Line · Amd FALCON20

Difficulty date
December 5, 2018
Submitted
January 2, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N221TW
Make and model
Amd FALCON20
Aircraft serial
221
Aircraft time
26,278 hours, 20,046 cycles
Part
Line
Condition
Cracked
Location
Outflow Vavle
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

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KFNT-KSHV AND WAS @ FL280 WHEN THE CABIN ALT WARNING HORN AND LIGHT ACTIVATED THE CREW STARTED THE CHECKLIST AND SELECTED CABIN PRESSURIZATION MANUAL MODE AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE CABIN ALTITUDE WITH NO SUCCESS, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THEY DIVERTED TO KSBN. 2 LINES GOING TO THE PRESSURIZATION OUT FLOW VALVES WERE FOUND CRACKED, LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM HAS PASSED OPS CHECKS PER THE AMM.