Service difficulty report · Tube · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
July 23, 2026
Submitted
July 27, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N883NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31137
Aircraft time
43,131 hours, 18,525 cycles
Part
Tube
Condition
Dislodged
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
CL
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

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PRESSURIZING AND AT 9300 FEET A LOUD HOWLING NOISE BECAME AUDIBLE IN THE FLIGHT DECK. DECESION MADE TO RETURN TO JFK AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND CONDENSATION TUBE DISLODGED AND INTERFERING WITH L2 WINDOW CLOSURE AND AN IMPROPER SEAL CAUSING THE LOUD HOWLING. AFTER REPOSITIONING AND SECURING DRAIN TUBE AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZED AND THERE WAS NO LONGER A LOUD HOWLING ALL OPS NORMAL.ACCOMPLISHED PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM MANUAL MODE TEST PER MM 23-33-00710-801 AND PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM GROUND TEST PER MM 21-31-00-700-802. ALL TEST PASSED AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZED NORMALLY.