Service difficulty report · Acm · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
April 25, 2017
Submitted
May 1, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N478AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
44105
Aircraft time
7,207 hours, 2,406 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
22064002
Part serial
2998
Condition
Failed
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
49,715 hours, 19,372 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

AT 3,5000 LEFT PACK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RESET LEFT PACK IAW QRH. PACK LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. THIS SEQUENCE WAS REPEATED 3 MORE TIMES SO WE SHUT DOWN LEFT PACK. LEFT PACK TEMP GOT TO 60 DEGREE COMPARED WITH 10 DEGREE FOR RIGHT PACK. GROUNDED - YES. R&R LT PACK FLOW CONTROL & S/O VALVE REF AMM 21-51-01 UP TO INSTALLATION TEST. FOUND LT ACM SEIZED AND MISSING 2 EXIT BLADES, ONE BLADE IS EMBEDDED IN AFT PORTION OF ACM, SECOND BLADE FOUND LYING IN PLENUM. R&R LT AIR CYCLE MACHINE REF AMM 21-51-04-000-802-002. BITE CHECK/ LEAK CHECK GOOD. COMPLETED INSTALL CHECK OF LT PFC & S/O VALVE PER AMM 21-51-01-400-805-002 STEPS G & H, INSTALL TEST GOOD. THIS CLEARS MEL 21-1G. CONFIGURATION DEACTIVATION REVERSED.