Service difficulty report · Duct · Emb EMB135KL

Difficulty date
March 25, 2014
Submitted
March 26, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N817AE
Make and model
Emb EMB135KL
Aircraft serial
145554
Aircraft time
28,230 hours, 26,017 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Cracked
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

WHILE CLIMBING THRU APPROXIMATELY 22,000, WE HEARD A SINGLE POP SOUND. THE CABIN RATE SHOWED AN IMMEDIATE RATE OF CLIMB OF AROUND 200 FT MIN & THEN WENT TO DASHES. THE CABIN ALTITUDE STARTED TO CLIMB & PEAKED AROUND 11,000 AFTER WE INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10,000. AFTER LEVELING AT 10,000, THE PRESSURIZATION SYS WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN A CABIN ALT OF 5900 FT. PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION OF PACK SYS & FOUND LT RAM AIR CHECK VLV DUCT CRACKED. FOUND GND CONNECTION VLV FLAPPER SEAL MISSING. R & R LT RAM AIR CHECK VLV DUCT IAW AMM 21-25-02. REPLACED GND CONNECTION VLV FLAPPER SEAL IAW AMM 21-22-04. PERFORMED FUNCTION TEST OF CABIN LEAKAGE IAW AMM 21-31-00, NO DEFECTS FOUND.

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