Service difficulty report · Acm · Cessna S550

Difficulty date
July 13, 2008
Submitted
July 31, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N91ML
Make and model
Cessna S550
Aircraft serial
S5500132
Engine
Pwa JT15D4
Part
Acm
Part number
73838426P1
Part serial
860960
Condition
Overheated
Part time
8,481 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APPROX 30 MILES SOUTH, AT FL410, EMERGENCY PRESSURIZATION AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED, FLIGHT CREW INITIATED A DESCENT AND CONTACTED ATC. DURING DESCENT, FLIGHT CREW NOTED THAT THE CABIN ALT PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER INDICATED THAT THE CABIN WAS ABOVE 10,000 FT WITH NO MASTER WARNING AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB TO ABOVE 15,000 FT WITH STILL NO MASTER WARNING. AT THAT POINT O2 MASKS WERE DEPLOYED MANUAL BY FLIGHT CREW AS A PRECAUTION. FLIGHT CREW SWITCHED THE SOURCE SELECTOR TO THE LT POSITION AND THE CABIN PRESSURE CORRECTED ITSELF. THERE WERE 2 PASSENGERS, 2 FLIGHT CREW ON AC, PIC ELECTED TO DIVERT, ENROUTE, APPROACH AND LANDING WERE UNEVENTFUL. AC WAS INSPECTED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. GROUND RUN WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH CHECK OF PRESSURIZATION SYS. MAINT TEST FLIGHT WAS ACCOMPLISHED TO 15,000 FT ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE NORMAL. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ACM HAD OVERHEATED AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE OVERHEAT CONDITION, AC WAS RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE. (K)

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