Service difficulty report · Controller · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
January 15, 2014
Submitted
January 16, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N42HN
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
507
Aircraft time
17,137 hours, 11,808 cycles
Part
Controller
Part number
261406217
Part serial
11532
Condition
Slow
Location
Cabin Pressure
Stage of operation
CL
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

N42HN TOOK OFF FROM KCLT THE CAPTAIN NOTICED THE CABIN DID NOT SEEM TO BE PRESSURIZING. HE CHECKED THE SETTINGS & ASKED CONTROL TO COME BACK TO KCLT. ON THE WAY BACK THEY REALIZED THAT IT WAS WORKING & THEY LANDED AT KCLT. PERFORMED THE GND TEST & CHECKS ON THE SYS, CONFIRMED IT WAS WORKING & THEY CONTINUED ON TO KLZU WITHOUT PROBLEMS. CHECKED THE ACFT OUT & COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WHILE CHECKING OUT THE PRESSURIZATION SYS IT WAS NOTED THAT THE MINI CONTROLLER WAS SLOW TO RESPOND, SO IT WAS REPLACED WITH A REPAIRED UNIT & OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD.

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