Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 767222

Difficulty date
October 24, 2002
Submitted
December 16, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N619UA
Make and model
Boeing 767222
Aircraft serial
21879
Aircraft time
70,670 hours, 18,067 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Part
Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Ground Cooling
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

UNABLE TO CONTROL CABIN ALTITUDE. CABIN AT 9400 FT, AIRCRAFT AT 11000 FT. THE SAME IN AUTO 1 AND AUTO 2. IN MANUAL, CABIN ALTITUDE INCREASED BY 200 FPM. RETURNED TO FIELD. THE LEFT AND RIGHT OUTFLOW VALVES ACTUATORS AND THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION ALTIMETER WERE REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD AGAIN FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM ON 30 OCT, 2002. THE GROUND EQUIPMENT COOLING VALVE WAS FOUND TO BE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.