Service difficulty report · Relief Valve · Boeing 767323

Difficulty date
March 12, 2021
Submitted
March 15, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N225NE
Make and model
Boeing 767323
Aircraft serial
25194
Aircraft time
99,375 hours, 15,953 cycles
Part
Relief Valve
Part number
1036423
Part serial
243011
Condition
Failed
Part time
2 hours, 1 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

DEPARTED FROM SPJC WITH A CREW OF TWO (PILOTS) AND NO PASSENGERS UNDER DAY TIME FLIGHT CONDITIONS. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED DURING CLIMB TO FL 380 THEY ENCOUNTERED AN EICAS STATUS MESSAGE CABIN ALT AUTO 2 MESSAGE. THE FLIGHT CREW SELECTED AUTO 1. THEY CONTINUED THE FL 380, WITH FOUR MINUTES OF BEING AT FL 380 THEY WERE ALERTED TO EICAS MESSAGE: CABIN ALTITUDE, AS WELL AS CABIN ALT DISCREET LIGHT. THE FLIGHT CREW DONNED THEIR O2 MASK AND PERFORMED THE QRH PROCEDURES FOR THE INDICATED WARNING. THE FLIGHT CREW BEGAN AN EMERGENCY DESCENT FOR THE ALERT. ATC WAS NOTIFIED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SPJC TO AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.