Service difficulty report · Switch · Emb EMB145EP

Difficulty date
April 16, 2013
Submitted
April 17, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805HK
Make and model
Emb EMB145EP
Aircraft serial
145096
Aircraft time
30,774 hours, 28,461 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB ALL PASSENGER OXYGEN MASK DEPLOYED. AIRCRAFT RETURN TO STL. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED, CLEANED AND RESTOWED THE PASSENGER OXYGEN MASK. AIRCRAFT FLEW A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT AND THE ALITITUDE SENSING SWITCH WAS FOUND TO HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE ALITITUDE SENSING SWITCH. SYSTEM OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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