Service difficulty report · Outflow Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 31, 2020
Submitted
August 3, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N593AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35107
Aircraft time
46,099 hours, 13,870 cycles
Part
Outflow Valve
Part number
40631997201AB
Part serial
9819743
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Cabin Pressure
Part time
46,112 hours, 13,876 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
V
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

ON DESCENT PRESSURIZATION CONTROL "AUTO FAIL LIGHT" ILLUMINATED COMPLIED WITH QRH PROCEDURE, SELECTED ALT MODE. "AUTO FAIL LIGHT" EXTINGUISHED. GROUNDED - YES. CPC1 HAS ACTIVE OUTFLOW VALVE LRU FAIL FAULT. OUTFLOW VALVE OPERATES NORMALLY WITH SWITCH IN ALTERNATE AND MANUAL. SWAPPED CPC 1 AND CPC 2, FAULT FOLLOWS CPC. REINSTALLED CPC 2, REMOVED AND REPLACED CPC 1 REF B737-800 AMM 21-31-00-700-802. OP CHECK FAILS, CPC 1 STILL LOGS 009 OUTFLOW LRU FAULT INTERMITTENTLY. REMOVED AND REPLACED OUTFLOW VALVE REF AMM 21-31-03/401. PERFORMED PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM TEST REF AMM 31-31-00-700-802 AND PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM MANUAL MODE TEST REF AMM 21-31-00-710-801. NO FAULTS FOUND, OP CHECKS GOOD.