Service difficulty report · Check Valve · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
April 5, 2004
Submitted
April 17, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N160PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49763
Aircraft time
42,032 hours, 29,616 cycles
Part
Check Valve
Part number
825011
Part serial
1170
Condition
Leaking
Location
Air Conditioning
Part time
10,291 hours, 7,770 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED OF FLIGHT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PRESSURIZATION FAILS. CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT LEFT AIR CONDITIONING PACKAGE WAS INOPERATIVE AND RIGHT AIR CONDITIONING PACKAGE WITH A FEW FLOW. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE BOTH PACKAGES WERE CHECKED BY LEAKS IAW MM 36-00-00 AND A LEAK WAS DETECTED IN GROUND PNEUMATIC VALVE. GROUND PNEUMATIC VALVE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 21-32-00, TEST CORRECT.

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