SDR USAAF97083

Service difficulty report · Valve · Fokker F28MK0100

Difficulty date
October 19, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N894US
Make and model
Fokker F28MK0100
Aircraft serial
11379
Part
Valve
Part number
566920
Condition
Failed
Location
Cargo Wall
Stage of operation
CR
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

PIT/BOS - FLT 1696 - AT FL 330, RECEIVED 3 CHIME ALARM INDICATING THE CABIN ALTITUDE WAS CLIMBING. CAPTAIN PERFORMED EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET. THE MAXIMUM CABIN ALTITUDE WAS 13,000 FEET. THE OXYGEN MASKS DID NOT DEPLOY. AT 10,000 FEET, CABIN DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE WAS WITHIN NORMAL RANGE, SO FLIGHT CONTINUED TO BOS. FLIGHT LANDED BOS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE AVIONICS COOLING OUTLET VALVE WHICH HAD NOT CLOSED ALL THE WAY. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO LEAKS. (X)

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