Service difficulty report · Warning System · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
May 10, 2001
Submitted
May 23, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N427JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3039
Aircraft time
15,551 hours, 14,123 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Warning System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

A PASSENGER DOOR OPEN INDICATION ON THE RWP. DISP WAS RELAYING INFO TO MX CONT WHO WAS GUIDING THE CREW THROUGH A PRESS PROBLEM. CREW REPORTED THAT PRESS WAS CLIMBING AROUND 1200 FT P/MIN, CAB PRESS NOT ALT. MX CONT INSTR CREW TO SWITCH FROM AUTO TO MAN, BEFORE THE CREW COULD SWITCH THE A/C PRESS WAS DESCENDNG AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. CREW DISCUSSED DIVERT BUT MX CON SAID IF DOOR IS SHUT AND LOCKED WITH NO LOSS OF PRESS IT IS A INDICATION PROB. CREW CONT, PRESS STABILIZED AND NO FURTHER INCIDENT THE REST OF FLT. IN PHL CREW TBLSHOT PRESS PROB W/MX CON BY OPENING AND CLOSING DOOR. COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAILURE. NO OTHER PROBLEM REST OF FLIGHT.