Service difficulty report · Piccolo Tube · Cessna 525B

Difficulty date
July 13, 2011
Submitted
July 18, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405CS
Make and model
Cessna 525B
Aircraft serial
525B0036
Aircraft time
5,215 hours, 3,861 cycles
Part
Piccolo Tube
Part number
56171151
Condition
Damaged
Location
Cabin Altitude
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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 LIGHT. DESCENDED THROUGH FL400, DECLARED EMERGENCY. DROPPED O2 MASKS. ON FINAL APPROACH, RECEIVED A POWER BRAKE LOW PRESSURE LIGHT. ON GRND, USED EMERGENCY BRAKES. MX UNABLE TO DUPLICATE, BLED BRAKES & OPS CHECKED GOOD. MX TROUBLESHOT IAW MM & GROUND RAN ACFT. OPS CHECKED PRESSURIZATION SYS & NO FAULTS FOUND. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF FLT & PRESSURIZATION SYS, WORKED PROPERLY BUT POWER BRAKE LOW INDICATION STILL PRESENT & AN OUTFLOW BANGING NOISE FROM REAR OF ACFT & BRAKES SMOKING. PRESSURIZATION TROUBLESHOT TO PICCOLO TUBE. TUBE REPLACED & SYS OPS CHECKED GOOD. BRAKE PROBLEM TROUBLESHOT TO A FAULTY POWER BRAKE LOW PRESSURE SWITCH.

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