Service difficulty report · Unknown · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
May 20, 2023
Submitted
May 22, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N515RP
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
330
Aircraft time
8,226 hours, 5,902 cycles
Engine
Pwc PT6A67B
Engine time
8,154 hours, 5,854 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

CLIMBING THROUGH FLIGHT LEVEL 240 THE DV WINDOW STARTED TO WHISTLE VERY LOUDLY. UPON REACHING FLAT LEVEL 270 THERE STARTED TO BE AIR LEAKING AROUND THE DV WINDOW WHICH INCREASED TO AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT, CAUSING THE CABIN ALTITUDE TO EXCEED 10,000 FEET BY THE TIME CREW PUT ON THEIR OXYGEN MASS CABIN WAS AT 15,000 FEET AT THIS TIME AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED IN A RAPID DESCENT WAS PERFORMED.