Service difficulty report · Boot · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 3, 2018
Submitted
April 6, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N537AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35204
Aircraft time
24,510 hours, 7,127 cycles
Part
Boot
Condition
Unsecure
Location
A/C Pack
Stage of operation
CL
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 APPROXIMATELY 5000 FT DURING CLIMBOUT, HAD A MASTER CAUTION WITH RT PACK ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED QRH AND WAS ABLE TO RESET THE PACK WITH THE TRIP RESET SWITCH. LATER IN THE CLIMB, RT PACK LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESET THE LIGHT FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE SECONDS. CONFIGURED FOR SINGLE PACK OPERATION AND MONITORED PRESSURIZATION AND RATE- BOTH REMAINED WITHIN NORMAL OPERATIONAL LIMITS. ACFT GROUNDED. IAW FIM 21-53 TASK 818, GVI OF RT RAM AIR DUCT AND HEAT EXCHANGERS, NO BLOCKAGES FOUND. VERIFIED ACM NOT SEIZED. RAN RT PACK, FOUND LEAKAGES AT BOOTS BETWEEN HEAT EXCHANGER CONDENSER AND AFT WATER EXTRACTOR. SECURED BOOTS AND CLAMPS AND LEAKS CHECKED GOOD. RIGHT PACK OPS CHECKED NORMAL ON GND W/O PACK LIGHT. BOTH PZTC'S BITE TESTED GOOD. REMOVED MEL 21-1F.