Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 12, 2017
Submitted
February 15, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35686
Aircraft time
35,368 hours, 10,692 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
5416744
Part serial
11197
Condition
Faulted
Location
Ram Air
Part time
41,214 hours, 12,409 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BOTH RAM DOOR FULL OPEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED FL 250 RIGHT PACK 18 DEGREES CELCIUS, LEFT PACK 16 DEGREES CELCIUS. ACFT GROUNDED - YES. RAN A PACK TEMP CONTROLLER BITE IAW FIM 21-62 TASK 801 MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT ANY NOTED FAULTS ON THE LEFT PACK SYSTEM. DUE TO SIMILAR HISTORY OF DISCREPANCIES, REPLACED THE LEFT RAM AIR ACTUATOR IAW AMM 21-51-21/401. AFTER COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION ADJUSTMENT, FOUND THE RAM AIR INLET DEFLECTOR DOOR TO BE LOOSE, CAUSING THE MEASUREMENT OF STEP (17)(C) TO FAIL. NORMAL CONFIGURATION RESTORE, ACCOMPLISHED ADJUSTMENT OF LEFT RAM AIR INLET DEFLECTOR DOOR AND MODULATION PANELS IAW AMM 21-51-22-400-803. ALSO ACCOMPLISHED OPS TEST OF LEFT RAM AIR DOOR ACTUATOR IAW AMM 21-51-21/401. OPS AND BITE TEST GOOD. REPLACED THE RT RAM AIR INLET ACTUATOR IAW AMM 21-51-21/401. OPS CHECKED GOOD.