Service difficulty report · Plenum · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 6, 2018
Submitted
November 9, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N514AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35193
Aircraft time
38,703 hours, 11,628 cycles
Part
Plenum
Part number
22156321
Condition
Damaged
Location
A/C Pack
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE PERFORMING T/C# 78121000, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HEAT EXCHANGERS - RESTORATION (CLEANING) - FOUND L/H SECONDARY AND L/H PRIMARY PLENUM TO BE DAMAGED, AND L/H PRIMARY & SECONDARY DIFFUSERS DAMAGED. INIT. MIG2C 40-0016424. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED BOTH HEAT EXCHANGERS, REPLACED SECONDARY HEAT EXC PLENUM & DIFFUSER, INSTALLED SECONDARY HEAT EXCH REF B737-800 AMM 21-51-03. INSTALLED PRIMARY HEAT EXCH PLENUM ON HEAT EXCHANGER. REF AMM 21-51-03 FINISHED THE ASSY OF THE DIFFUSER INTO THE PRIMARY HEAT EXCHANGER THEN INSTALLED THE ASSY. INTO THE AIRCRAFT, REF AMM 21-51-03-400-804-002 STEPS H(1,2&5) AND I,J&K. LEAK CHECK IS GOOD NO LEAKS FOUND.