Service difficulty report · Oxygen Mask · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
January 23, 2011
Submitted
January 26, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N427CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0152
Aircraft time
3,337 hours, 2,417 cycles
Part
Oxygen Mask
Part number
MC1015109
Part serial
68888
Condition
Leaking
Location
Cockpit
Part time
865 hours, 630 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, CREW NOTICED THAT THE O2 GAUGE INDICATED ZERO. TESTING OF BOTH O2 MASKS YIELD NO FLOW. ACFT DESCENDED TO FL100 AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX ISOLATED THE DISCREPANCY TO A FAULTY COPILOTS OXYGEN MASK. THE COPILOTS OXYGEN MASK AND OXYGEN BOTTLE WERE REPLACED. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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