Service difficulty report · Valve · Amd FALCON20

Difficulty date
August 14, 2023
Submitted
August 22, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N811AA
Make and model
Amd FALCON20
Aircraft serial
187
Aircraft time
27,178 hours, 21,201 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
14632112A
Part serial
2200
Condition
Binding
Location
Zone 100
Part time
12,000 hours, 8,000 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
G, B, A

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

What was found

DISCREPANCY: CREW REPORTED THAT THE CABIN ALTITUDE LIGHT AND HORN WENT OFF UPON REACHING CRUISE ALTITUDE. THEY DONNED MASKS AND RAN POH PROCEDURE. THEY COULD NOT REDUCE CABIN ALTITUDE WITH AUTO OR MANUAL SYSTEMS. THEY EXECUTED EMERGENCY DESCENT. THEY EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT, COORDINATED A DIVERSION TO KDAL WITH ATC AND OPS. UPON REACHING 10000 FEET, THEY STOWED MASKS. THE REST OF THE TRIP WAS UNEVENTFUL. CORRECTIVE ACTION: USA JET MAINTENANCE IN KDAL FOUND THE CABIN CONDITIONING CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE AIR CONDITIONING SHUT-OFF VALVE IAW DA20 MM21-20-1, NO HELP. THEY FOUND THE RH P3 VALVE BINDING, CAUSING THE CABIN CONDITIONING CIRCUIT BREAKER TO POP THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RH P3 VALVE, OPS AND LEAK CHECKS BOTH NORMAL IAW USA JET WORK CARD N36-01. THEY PERFORMED AN OPS. CHECK OF THE AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM IAW DA20 MM 21-30-5. OPS CHECK NORMAL WITH NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME