Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
July 13, 2011
Submitted
September 1, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0036
Aircraft time
5,215 hours, 3,861 cycles
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
GPP125079
Condition
Defective
Location
Brake Sys
Part time
5,215 hours, 3,861 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
G, A

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

What was found

ON DESCENT, RECEIVED CABIN ALTITUDE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT. DESCENDING THROUGH FL400, INITIATED EMERGENCY DESCENT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. DROPPED OXYGEN MASKS. DURING FINAL APPROACH, RECEIVED A POWER BRAKE LOW PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT. ONCE DOWN, USED EMERGENCY BRAKES. MX UNABLE TO DUPLICATE REPORTED CONDITION, BLED BRAKES AND OPS CHECKED SATISFACTORY. MX PERFORMED RECOMMENDED TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES IAW MM AND GROUND RAN ACFT. OPS CHECKED PRESSURIZATION SYS AND NO FAULTS FOUND. O2 MASK’S WERE STOWED. PERFORMED OCF AND PRESSURIZATION SYS WORKED PROPERLY BUT POWER BRAKE LOW INDICATION WAS STILL PRESENT AND THERE WAS AN OUTFLOW BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF ACFT AND THE BRAKES WERE SMOKING. ACFT CURRENTLY IN MX. MX REPLACED THE POWER BRAKE LOW PRESSURE SWITCH FOR THE LOW PRESSURE ANNUNCIATION SQUAWK. THE FLOW CONTROL VALVE SENSE LINE PICCOLO TUBE WAS REPLACED FOR THUMPING NOISE SQUAWK. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. A SUCCESSFUL OPS CHECK FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED.

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