Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 767323

Difficulty date
November 11, 2018
Submitted
November 13, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N379AA
Make and model
Boeing 767323
Aircraft serial
25448
Aircraft time
102,078 hours, 16,556 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Ground Air
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
G, B, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN PRESSURE. INTIALLY PACK PRESSURE OFF WITH A PACK INOPERATIVE LIGHT. FOLLOWED QRH PROCEDURES, DECENDED TO 31,000 FEET, CABIN ALTITUDE WAS SLOWLY CLIMBING. CONTINUED DECENT TO 24,000 FEET, COULD NOT CONTROL THE CABIN ALTITUDE, TRIED TO CONTROL CABIN IN MANUAL MODE AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND CONTINUED DECENT TO 10,000 FEET. CABIN ALTITUDE LIGHT, QRC PROCEDURES FOLLOWED, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED AND DIVERTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. FOUND DUCT GOING FROM THE MUFFLER TO THE GROUND AIR CONNECTION DISCONNECTED. SECURED THE DUCT AND PERFORMED SATISFACTORY OPERATIONAL CHECK, NO LEAKS NOTED IAW AMM 21-21-02.