Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 4, 2017
Submitted
December 6, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N562AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35091
Aircraft time
43,061 hours, 12,822 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
5416744
Part serial
038
Condition
Faulted
Location
Ram Air Exhaust
Part time
13,222 hours, 4,399 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

PACK LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MASTER RECALL. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED #1 PACK ZONE TEMP CONT BITE REF B737-800 AMM 21-61-00. FOUND RAM AIR INLET ACTUATOR FAULT, L/H PACK RAM AIR DOOR STUCK CLOSED. REMOVED DOOR ARM BOLT/DISCONNECTING ARM FROM ACTUATOR AND POWERED ACTUATOR. ACTUATOR BUZZED LOUDLY AND OVERHEATS, STUCK IN EXTEND POSITION, TAPPED ON ACTUATOR AND IT DROVE TO RETRACT POSITION. REMOVED AND REPLACED L/H RAM AIR INLET DOOR ACTUATOR REF AMM 21-51-21. CHECKED FOR SMOOTH OPERATION OF L/H RAM AIR AND DEFLECTOR DOOR MECHANISM WHILE ACTUATOR REMOVED. NO DEFECTS NOTED. #1 PZTC BITE NO FAULTS. RAM AIR DOOR OPERATES NORMALLY. ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL. ALL TESTS PASS. AIRCRAFT RELEASED FROM MEL 21-32B.