Service difficulty report · Regulator Valve · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
December 11, 2006
Submitted
December 15, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N501AM
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49188
Aircraft time
63,280 hours, 47,008 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D217A
Part
Regulator Valve
Part number
39271411
Part serial
P218
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Acm
Part time
16,273 hours, 11,807 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, B
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 DUE TO AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS FAILED, RT SYSTEM WAS SHUTDOWN, LT SYSTEM DID NOT OPERATE AND SMOKE ODOR WAS DETECTED. DURING MAINTENANCE CHECK, THE CHIP DETECTORS WERE CHECKED, WATER SEPARATORS WERE REPLACED IAW MM 21-20-2, BITE TO BOTH CONTROLLERS WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 21-32-00 AND SMOKE ODOR CHECK WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 21-30-00, ALL CORRECT. ADDITIONALLY, THE LT FAN WAS REPLACED IAW MM 21-20-06, TESTED CORRECT. NO OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS NOT REQUIRED DUE TO AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH 118,478 POUNDS AND MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT IS 128,000 POUNDS. DURING TRANSIT CHECK, THE RT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN, SO PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 21-31-1, TESTED CORRECT.

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