Service difficulty report · Acm · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
March 1, 2023
Submitted
March 2, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N453AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36354
Aircraft time
34,379 hours, 10,812 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
22064002
Part serial
5384
Condition
Failed
Location
Left Ecs Bay
Part time
40 hours, 9 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AFTER REMOTE DE-ICE THE FLIGHT DECK BECAME EXTREMELY HOT WITH NO CONTROL VIA CONT CAB TEMP CONTROLLER. FOLLOWED QRH, PACK RESET, OPERATION NORMAL. WITH IN 2-3 MINUTES SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. RETURNED TO GATE. GROUNDED - YES. PER B737-900 FIM 21-53 TASK 820, OPENED ACCESS PANEL ON LH AFT PLENUM/DIFFUSER. RAN LH PACK AND FOUND ACM BLADES NOT MOVING. SUSPECT A BAD LH AIR CYCLE MACHINE. FOUND NO AIR COMING OUT OF THE PACK EXHAUST. LH PACK LIGHT COMES ON LESS THAN ONE MINUTE AFTER TURNING PACK ON. REMOVED L/H AIR CYCLE MACHINE REF B737-900 AMM 21-51-04. L/H AIR CYCLE MACHINE REPLACED REF AMM 21-51-17. LEAK CHECK GOOD. OPS CHECK GOOD TEMP ON GAGE INDICATES BELOW 10 C WHEN SWITCHED TO COLD. ACCOMPLISHED PACK/ZONE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER BITE REF AMM 21-61-00-700-806-002 NO FAULTS/DEFECTS NOTED. LEFT PACK LIGHT EXTINGUISHED.