Service difficulty report · Valve · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
December 30, 2014
Submitted
January 2, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N426QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4154
Aircraft time
19,088 hours, 20,418 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Frozen
Location
Cabin Pressure
Stage of operation
CL
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

ACFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE IN AUTO OR MANUAL. RETURNED TO FIELD. APPLIED HEAT FOR 10 MINUTES TO THE SEAL CONTROL VALVE. C/W GROUND PRESSURIZATION OF ACFT IAW AMM TASK 21-00-00-863-801. ACFT PRESSURIZED NORMALLY IAW AMM TASK 52-11-36-000-801. INSPECTED MAIN CABIN DOOR SEAL AND AFT CARGO DOOR SEAL. NO DEFECTS FOUND. RETURNED TO SERVICE.