SDR 96ZZZM1225

Service difficulty report · Bypass Switch · Boeing 737214

Difficulty date
July 23, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N460AT
Make and model
Boeing 737214
Aircraft serial
20158
Part
Bypass Switch
Part number
42D107A1
Condition
Dirty
Location
Nr 1 Eng
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, B

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

What was found

FLT 670 - MCO-GSO - AFTER REACHING FL 250, THE NR 1 ENG OIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT BEGAN FLICKERING. THE NR 1 ENG WAS SHUTDOWN AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED INTO DAYTONA. AIR TRAN MECHANICS REMOVED THE ENG OIL FILTER AND INSPECTED. ENG OIL FILTER WAS CLEAN. MECH REPLACED THE FILTER AND RAN THE ENG. FILTER LIGHT CONTINUED TO FLICKER. OIL PRESS SWITCH WAS PLACED ON MEL AND THE A/C WAS RELEASED FOR FLT. PRIOR TO ASSUMING FLT 670, THE A/C HAD ARRIVED IN MCO FROM FLT 721 WITH THE NR 1 ENG OIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT FLICKERING DURING TAXI. MECH T/S SYSTEM AND FOUND THE OIL FILTER BYPASS SWITCH CONNECTOR DIRTY. THE CONNECTOR WAS CLEANED AND POST MX ENG RUN WAS NORMAL. NR 1 ENG OIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT REMAINS MEL.