Service difficulty report · Unknown · Raythn 400ARAYTHEON

Difficulty date
June 17, 2016
Submitted
June 21, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N492TM
Make and model
Raythn 400ARAYTHEON
Aircraft serial
RK580
Aircraft time
4,913 hours, 3,707 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Haze
Location
Cockpit & Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H, G, A

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

What was found

UPON LEVELING OFF AT FL400, PILOT AND THE CAPTAIN STARTED NOTICING THAT IT WAS GETTING EXTREMELY HOT IN THE COCKPIT, VERY QUICKLY. THERE WERE NO ANNUNCIATOR INDICATORS LIT, TOOK OUT THE PILOT HANDBOOK AND STARTED LOOKING THROUGH IT TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. ALREADY HAD THE COCKPIT TEMPERATURE CONTROL ON "MANUAL" AND IN THE FULL COLD POSITION, SO WE SWITCHED IT TO THE "AUTO" POSITION AND NOTED NO CHANGE. WE THEN TRIED ISOLATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS BY SWITCHING THE CONTROL TO "L" FOR A MINUTE, NO CHANGE AND "R" FOR A MINUTE, NO CHANGE. ABOUT THIS TIME, WE NOTICED IT WAS GETTING HAZY IN THE COCKPIT AND PILOT TURNED AROUND TO SEE WHAT THE CONDITIONS IN THE CABIN WERE AND NOTED THAT IT WAS HAZIER IN THE CABIN THAN IN THE COCKPIT. THE CAPTAIN AND PILOT IMMEDIATELY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, PERFORMED THE SMOKE REMOVAL MEMORY ITEMS, AND STARTED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT, DIRECTLY BELOW US. PILOT COMPLETED THE SMOKE REMOVAL PROCEDURES CHECKLIST AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCY DESCENT CHECKLIST AND PULLED THE OXYGEN MASKS FOR THE PASSENGERS. WE DECIDED TO TURN OFF THE CABIN PRESSURE SOURCE SINCE IT WAS STILL EXTREMELY HOT AND SOON AFTER NOTICED THE HEAT DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY AND THE SMOKE CLEARING. WE DECIDED NOT TO DO AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION SINCE THE SMOKE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ACFT AND THERE WAS NO FIRE OR ANY OTHER EMERGENCY SITUATION. AT THE TIME OF FILING THIS REPORT, THE DEFECT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED.