Service difficulty report · Augment Valve · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 19, 2007
Submitted
April 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N168PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53174
Aircraft time
47,768 hours, 32,485 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Augment Valve
Part number
39271012
Part serial
2658
Condition
Failed
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
60,661 hours, 39,431 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
G, B

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

What was found

RT PNEUMATIC SYSTEM FAILED DURING CLIMB, SO RT PNEUMATIC CABIN DEPRESSURIZED AND PASSENGERS OXYGEN MASKS WERE ACTIVATED. CAPTAIN PERFORMED ABNORMAL PROCEDURE DESCENDING AT 25,000 FEET. DURING MAINTENANCE CHECK, THE OXYGEN MASKS AND 25 OXYGEN GENERATORS WERE DETECTED ACTIVATED. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND AUGMENTATION VALVE, 25 OXYGEN GENERATORS AND PRESSURE SWITCHES WERE REPLACED IAW MM 36-10-01, 35-22-01 AND 21-31-09; TESTS WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 36-10-00, 21-32-00, 35-20-00 AND 21-32-00, ALL CORRECT.

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