Service difficulty report · Pneumatic System · Boeing 737*

Difficulty date
March 13, 2005
Submitted
March 16, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904AM
Make and model
Boeing 737*
Aircraft serial
28262
Aircraft time
1,356 hours, 939 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Pneumatic System
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM DURING PUSH BACK, THE PNEUMATIC WAS NOT ENOUGH TO START THE ENGINES. THE ENGINES WERE STARTED WITH EXTERNAL PNEUMATIC PLANT IAW MM 49-50-00, TESTED CORRECT AND THE PNEUMATIC AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 49-7. DURING TRANSIT SERVICE, OPERATIONAL TEST WAS PERFORMED TO PNEUMATIC AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 49-11-00, TESTED CORRECT, DEFERRED REPORT WAS CLOSED.