Service difficulty report · Unknown · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
December 26, 2023
Submitted
January 12, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N129JW
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
129
Aircraft time
8,816 hours, 11,089 cycles
Part
Unknown
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FL 230 PRESSURIZATION CONTROL WAS SET TO FL 230 AND SHOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CABIN PRESSURE OF APPROXIMATELY 6,300 FEET. THE CABIN PRESSURE INDICATOR WAS SHOWING 8,000 FEET. AS THE LAST TWO EVENTS, THERE WAS A SLIGHT SMELL, LIKE OVERHEATED RUBBER ON A MANIFOLD. BLEED HEATING WAS NOT WORKING AND THE CABIN TEMPERATURE WAS 50 DEGREES, EVEN THOUGH THE BLEED AIR HEAT WAS AT MAXIMUM. THE ELECTRIC HEATING DID NOT HELP. WHILE IN LEVEL FLIGHT ON AUTO PILOT IN STABLE CONDITIONS, THE VSI IN THE PRESSURIZATION PANEL KEPT FLUCTUATING. AS DESCENT WAS INITIATED AND POWER REDUCED, THE CABIN VSI SHOWED A "CLIMB" OF 1,500 FEET / MIN. AND WHEN I ADDED POWER, THE VSI WOULD INDICATE 1,500 / MIN DESCENT. I SET THE AIRPORT ELEVATION (SLIGHTLY HIGHER) ON THE PRESSURIZATION CONTROL ON DESCENT BEFORE LANDING AND THE SYSTEM WAS OPERATING SOMEWHAT NORMALLY BY THE TIME WE LANDED. THIS WAS REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO OCC AND THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ON DUTY AND A LOG BOOK ENTRY WAS MADE. AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING THERE IS STILL NO RESOLUTION AND THE AIRCRAFT IS OOS IN DENVER CENTENNIAL.