Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
February 1, 2016
Submitted
February 19, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N881GA
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49708
Aircraft time
57,466 hours, 32,516 cycles
Part
Duct
Part number
1718567
Condition
Split
Location
Acm
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

JUST LEVELED OFF AT FL360, A FEW MINS LATER, THE PACKS BASICALLY QUIT WORKING. HAD A CABIN ALT MASTER WARNING. THE CABIN WAS AT 10,000 & CLIMBING. STARTED ON THE QRH PROCEDURE FOR, CABIN ALT & RAPID PRESSURIZATION, ON PAGE 21.2. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTROL THE CABIN PRESS & IT CONTINUED TO GO UP IN ALTITUDE. WENT ON TO THE QRH PROCEDURE ON PAGE 21.3 FOR, RAPID DESCENT. DURING THE RAPID DESCENT THE O2 MASKS DEPLOYED IN THE CABIN. AFTER LEVELING AT 10,000 FEET & REMOVING THEIR O2 MASKS THE CREW NOTICED A BURNING & SMOKY SMELL. THE NEEDLE ON THE LT AIR CONDITIONING PRESS GAGE WAS JUMPING UP & DOWN ERRATICALLY. THE BURNING & SMOKY SMELL WENT AWAY AFTER THEY TURNED IT OFF. THE ACFT WAS NOT OVERWEIGHT FO

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