Service difficulty report · Clamp · Doug DC931

Difficulty date
August 4, 2009
Submitted
August 10, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8978E
Make and model
Doug DC931
Aircraft serial
47327
Aircraft time
87,165 hours, 79,061 cycles
Part
Clamp
Part serial
43873
Condition
Leaking
Location
Augment Valve
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
G, I

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

What was found

AT FL240 DURING THE DESCENT CREW NOTICED THE CABIN CLIMBING. COM PROCEDURES WERE INITIATED BUT WHEN THE RED CABIN PRESS LIGHT ILLUMINATED THE CREW COMPLIED WITH THE RED BORDERED CHECKLIST AND DESCENDED TO 10,000 FEET. BY THEN ALL OF THE CABIN O2 MASKS HAD DROPPED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE AUGMENTATION VALVE CLAMP WAS LEAKING SUBSTANTIALLY. THE ORIGINAL VALVE WAS REINSTALLED WITH NEW CLAMPS. THE O2 GENERATORS WERE ALL REPLACED AT THIS TIME ALSO. BITE OF BOTH OF THE AUTO-PRESSURE CONTROLLERS REVEALED SOME FAULT HISTORY (NOT SPECIFIED).

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