Service difficulty report · Duct · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
December 14, 2010
Submitted
December 16, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N228Y
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
560XL5342
Aircraft time
1,823 hours, 1,744 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW545A
Part
Duct
Condition
Loose
Location
Water Separator
Stage of operation
CR
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

CABIN ALT ANNUNCIATOR CAME ON WHILE ENROUTE. CABIN ALTITUDE CLIMBED TO 10000 FT AT FL 310 AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB DURING DESCENT NOT EXCEEDING 13,000 FT. ACFT DESCENDED TO FL 100 AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PRESSURIZATION WAS DEFERRED AND ACFT WAS REPOSITIONED WITH LIMITATIONS STATED IN MEL FOLLOWED. MX FOUND INLET DUCT TO WATER SEPARATOR LOOSE FROM COUPLING. REINSTALLED DUCTING AND RAN APU WITH PRESSURIZATION TEST HANESS INSTALLED. PRESURRIZED TO MAX DIFF. PRESURIZATION SYS, OPS CHECKED GOOD ON GROUND. ACCOMPLISHED A MX CHECK FLIGHT OF THE SYS AND REINSPECTED DUCTING ON LANDING. NO ANOMOLIES FOUND.

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