Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Beech B300

Difficulty date
May 11, 2020
Submitted
May 15, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N848UP
Make and model
Beech B300
Aircraft serial
FL1004
Aircraft time
3,730 hours, 3,195 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
10138002521
Part serial
3AL25M
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
3,404 hours, 2,939 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT APPROXIMATELY FL230 THE CABIN ALTITUDE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND HORN WAS AUDIBLE. WE LOOKED AT THE PRESSURE GAUGE AND THE CABIN DIFF HAD DROPPED TO ABOUT 3.0 AND CABIN ALT WAS AT 10.5K. WE DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE PRESSURE SELECTOR SWITCH OR BLEED VALVES, ETC. THIS LOSS OF PRESSURE WAS FAIRLY QUICK BUT WITH NO NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOSS THAT WE COULD HEAR. THE RATE SELECTOR WAS AT THE 1130-12 O'CLOCK POSITION AND THE CABIN ALTITUDE WAS SET TO OUR FILED ALTITUDE +1000'. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND DIVERTED TO ALTERNATE DESTINATION. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT FLOW CONTROL VALVE AND FLOW CONTROLLER. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR AN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT.

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