Service difficulty report · Outflow Valve · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
June 4, 2018
Submitted
June 15, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N453AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36354
Aircraft time
17,489 hours, 5,801 cycles
Part
Outflow Valve
Part number
40631997201AB
Part serial
9719710
Condition
Defective
Location
Ac Bay
Part time
130 hours, 53 cycles
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

DURING CLIMB OUT AT APPROX 17,000FT "AUTO FAIL" LIGHT ILLUMINATED, SELECTED "ALTN" PER QRH. SYSTEM APPEARS TO OPERATE "NORMAL" IN "ALTN" MODE. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED FIM 21-31 TASK 827, DCPC BITE PER FIM 21-31 TASK 801, FOUND OFV FAULT, CLEARED FAULT ON DCPC AND SYSTEM CHECKED NORMAL. AUTO FAIL LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, A/C OK FOR SERVICE. TSR ISSUED. REMOVED AFT OUT FLOW VALVE ASSY REF MM 21-31-03-000-801. INSTALLED NEW AFT OUTFLOW VALVE REF MM 21-31-03-400-801 STEP 3 F (I) THROUGH (11). INSTALL TEST OF S/N 9719709 FAILED. NR 1 PRESSURE CONTROLLER SHOWS OFV LRU FAIL FAULT CODE 009 AS ACTIVE FAULT. COMPLETED FIM TASK 21-31 TASK 802. REMOVED S/N 9719709 AND INSTALLED S/N 0012501 REF AMM 21-31-03-400-801 OPS CHECKS NORMAL. NO FAULTS NOTED. GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.