Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 25, 2016
Submitted
April 27, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N434AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
61620
Aircraft time
287 hours, 95 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
3989085
Part serial
26318
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin Temp
Part time
287 hours, 95 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE CABIN TEMP CONTROL SYS. OVERHEAD TEMP INDICATOR AND CONTROL PANEL IS NOT AGREEING WITH THE REPORTED TEMPS, MAKING THE CABIN TEMP- ESPECIALLY AFT VERY DIFFICULT TO PROPERLY CONTROL. AFT CABIN IS INDICATING 22C AFT SUPPLY IS INDICATING 12C THIS IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL, ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING STABILIZED IN CRUISE FOR OVER 2 HRS. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED BITE CHECK. LT PASS. RIGHT SHOWS MESSAGE TEMP CONTROL VALVE 21-51266 AND 21-51267. PERFORMED FIM TASK 21-62, TASK 831. CHANGED RT TEMP CONTROL VALVE AMM 21-51-10. REPEATED BITE. PASS, LEAK AND OPS CHECK GOOD, REF B737-900, IPC 21-51-10-04, ITEM 90.