Service difficulty report · Heat Exchanger · Boeing 767316F

Difficulty date
June 17, 2019
Submitted
July 19, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N536LA
Make and model
Boeing 767316F
Aircraft serial
32573
Aircraft time
69,776 hours, 34,601 cycles
Engine
Ge CF680C2B6F
Engine time
40,852 hours, 8,655 cycles
Part
Heat Exchanger
Part number
1942704
Part serial
4852
Condition
Failed
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
5,934 hours, 1,529 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

ON JUNE 15, THE AIRCRAFT FLEW ON THE MIA - ANF ROUTE, A REPORT BY LT BLEED DUCT LEAK IS PRESENTED, WHICH RETURNS THE AIRCRAFT TO THE MIA STATION; LT PRSOV WAS REPLACED. AFTER THIS EVENT ON JUNE 16, THE AIRCRAFT MADE THE MIA - ANF -SCL FLIGHT, PRESENTING IN THIS LAST BASE RH PACK CAN NOT MAINTAIN PRESSURIZATION REPORT; THE RT PACK TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER & TEMPERATURE VALVE PACK ON THE SAME SIDE IS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIES TO MIA. ON JUNE 17, THE MIA - ORD FLIGHT IS MADE AND UPON ITS DEPARTURE FROM THIS LAST BASE, A CABIN ALTITUDE REPORT IS PRESENTED, FORCING IT TO RETURN TO THE MIA STATION AGAIN; CHANGE OF THE RT AIR CYCLE MACHINE WAS MADE.ON JUNE 21ST, AMONG THE WORK SCHEDULED TO CORRECT THE FAULTS, THE LT OVERPRESSURE SWITCH WAS FOUND DISCONNECTED; TESTS WERE PERFORMED AND THE CORRECTION OF THE LT BLEED DUCT LEAK FAULT WAS CORROBORATED. ON JUNE 24TH, THE RT AIR CYCLE MACHINE, RT HEAT EXCHANGER PRIMARY & SECONDARY, WAS REPLACED, RECOVERING THE RIGHT PACK. AFTER THE CHANGES OF THESE COMPONENTS, THE AIRCRAFT HAS NOT PRESENTED REPORTS RELATED TO THESE SYSTEMS.