Service difficulty report · Cooling Turbine · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
March 13, 2017
Submitted
March 17, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N802WA
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53052
Aircraft time
54,429 hours, 36,471 cycles
Part
Cooling Turbine
Condition
Defective
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING CRUISE AT FL290, CABIN ALT STARTED TO CLIMB, RT PACK PRESS BEGAN OSCILLATING, FLOW LIGHT ILLUMINATED, PERFORMED QRH PROCEDURE AND BEGAN AND EMERGENCY DECENT. TROUBLE SHOT SYSTEM TO A DEFECTIVE RIGHT COOLING TURBINE. REMOVED AND REPLACED RT COOLING TURBINE IAW AMM 21-51-01 OPS REVEALED LOW AIR FLOW. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT COOLING FAN IAW AMM 21-51-01 LEAK CHECK AND OPS CHECK IAW AMM 21-00-00. NO LEAKS NOTED OPS CK NORMAL AT THIS TIME.

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