Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Raythn HAWKER800XP

Difficulty date
April 7, 2019
Submitted
April 10, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N818LX
Make and model
Raythn HAWKER800XP
Aircraft serial
258534
Aircraft time
11,706 hours, 7,443 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
104968
Part serial
UNK
Condition
Binding
Location
Cabin Temp
Part time
11,706 hours, 7,443 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

CREW WAS AT CRUISE FLIGHT AND HEARD AS THUMPING SOUND IN THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CABIN BEGAN TO CLIMB UNCONTROLLED. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DESCENDED AND DIVERTED. CREW ALSO REPORTED THAT THE AUTOTEMP SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING AND THE DUCT TEMP WAS CLOSE TO ZERO AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS COLD. AFTER DESCENT TO LOWER ALTITUDE AND WARMER AIR THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM BEGAN TO WORK. THE TEMP CONTROL VALVE WAS DETERMINED TO BE STUCK IN THE FULL COLD POSITION CAUSING THE WATER SEPARATOR TO FREEZE CAUSING THE LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION AIR.