Service difficulty report · Knob · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
January 18, 2015
Submitted
January 20, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N471AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41703
Aircraft time
1,051 hours, 350 cycles
Part
Knob
Condition
Loose
Location
Temp Selector
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CONDITION AIR TEMP SELECTOR ON OVERHEAD PANEL IS NOT WORKING. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND AIR TEMP SELECTOR ASSY MOUNTING HARDWARE WASHER/NUT VERY LOOSE CAUSING AIR TEMP SELECTOR ASSY TO ROTATE WHEN KNOB TURNED. TIGHTENED MOUNTING HARDWARE, AIR TEMP SELECTOR PROPERLY ROTATES TO EACH AIR TEMP POSITION AND INDICATES PROPERLY AT EACH AIR TEMP POSITION REF 21-61-00.