Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 20, 2023
Submitted
January 23, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N537AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35204
Aircraft time
40,630 hours, 11,734 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
5416744
Part serial
11888
Condition
Degraded
Location
Lt Ram Air
Part time
49,291 hours, 20,810 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LEFT "PACK" LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON PRESURIZATION PANEL PASSING FL180 DURING CLIMB. LIGHT EXTINGUSHED AFTER RUNNING QRH PROCEDURE WITH TRIP RESET APPROX 2 MIN LATER LEFT "PACK" LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND PACK WAS SHUT OFF PER QRH PROCEDURE - LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMIUATED. DUCT PRESSURE ON BOTH SIDES LOOKED NORMAL - APPROX 40 PSI - LEFT PACK TEMP SEEMED HIGH, COOLED AT CRUZE. GROUNDED - YES. FOUND LH RAM AIR INLET ACTUATOR OUT OF RIG AND ITS ROD END HAVING A LOT OF SLP BETWEEN IT AND ACTUATOR BODY REPLACED THE LH RAM AIR INLET ACTUATOR REF B737-800 AMM 21-51-21/401.