Service difficulty report · Acm · Boeing 777323ER

Difficulty date
February 16, 2020
Submitted
February 25, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N729AN
Make and model
Boeing 777323ER
Aircraft serial
33127
Aircraft time
25,761 hours, 2,809 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
81020911
Part serial
2014030010
Condition
Seized
Location
Left
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LHR DUE TO A BURNING SMELL ACRID SMELL IN THE AIRCRAFT ALONG WITH A VIBRATION. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE ODOR AND THE VIBRATION WAS DUE TO THE LEFT AIR CYCLE MACHINE SIEZING. REPLACED AIR CYCLE MACHINE LH IAW AMM 21-52-02.