Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
September 1, 2015
Submitted
September 1, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41731
Aircraft time
11,094 hours, 3,514 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
5416744
Part serial
16459
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Ram Air Exhaust
Part time
11,094 hours, 3,514 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

NITROGEN SYSTEM SHOWS DEGRADED. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISH FIM 47-31, TASK 801 NGS BITE CK. NO EXISTING FAULTS NOTED. FOUND 47-30063 NGS ASM FAIL ON FAULT HISTORY FLT LEG 0. ELECTRICAL AND SYS TESTS ALL PASSED. PERFORMED INTERROGATION OF NITROGEN SYS. FOUND A CURRENT EXISTING FAULT FROM IN FLIGHT: FAULTNGS RAV/ FAIL CL/HX BLOCKED, FAULT 47-30028. FAULT DRIVES TO FIM 47-31, TASK 819. PERFORMED STEP E. INITIAL EVALUATION, FAULT CLEARED; HOWEVER, DUE TO HISTORY CONTINUED FIM STEP F: WHICH STATES: "IF FAULT MESSAGE NGSRAV FAIL CL/HX BLOCKED, 47-30028 SHOWED IN THE AIR, REPLACED THE RAM AIR DOOR ACTUATOR, RADA THEN FIM GIVES AMM REFS FOR RADA REPLACEMENT. SUGGEST CHANGE OF RADA. REPLACED LT RAM AIR ACTUATOR REF MM 21-51-21. COMPLETED FIM TASK 47-2-31, TASK 819, OPS NORMAL.