Service difficulty report · A/C Pack · Boeing 727233

Difficulty date
December 9, 2006
Submitted
December 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N285FE
Make and model
Boeing 727233
Aircraft serial
22622
Aircraft time
40,942 hours, 25,083 cycles
Part
A/C Pack
Condition
Inoperative
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMB-OUT "AUTOFAIL" ILLUMINATED AND AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE IN "AUTOSTANDBY" OR "MANUAL" MODES. CONTINUED FLIGHT AT 10,000 WITH CABIN ALTITUDE OF 80 00. OUTFLOW VALVE SEEMED TO WORK NORMAL. REF 727 WDM 21-61-01 CHECKED FOR PWR AND GROUNDS AT CONNECTOR D1914, ALL CHECKS GOOD. L FWD PACK S/O VALVE P/N 398540-2-1 IS STUCK CLOSED. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT FWD PACK SHUTOFF VALVE PER MM 21-55-071-4. LT PACK NOT OPERATING CAUSED PRESS PROBLEM.