Service difficulty report · Lavatory · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
May 15, 2007
Submitted
May 18, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N182UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
25279
Aircraft time
68,301 hours, 8,449 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Lavatory
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO ALL LAVATORIES GOING INOP. HISSING SOUND NOTED BELOW 1R. TRIED TROUBLESHOOTING TO NO AVAIL. [SUP 06-06-07] EXISTING SERVICE BULLETIN 747-38-2109 DIRECTS TO REPLACE RELAY R8432 (LEVEL SENSING TRANSFER RELAY). THIS RELAY IS IDENTIFIED AS THE SINGLE POINT FAILURE WHICH CAUSES ALL 4 WASTE TANK CONTROLLERS TO LOSE PWR. REPLACED RELAY. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO REPEAT OF PROBLEM.