SDR BB07074

Service difficulty report · Diffuser · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
September 17, 2007
Submitted
September 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N201UU
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27810
Aircraft time
41,789 hours, 16,858 cycles
Part
Diffuser
Condition
Cracked
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT 731, LGW-PHL: DURING FLIGHT, THE CAPTAIN REPORTED DIFFICULTY HEARING RADIO TRANSMISSIONS DUE TO EXCESSIVE AIR NOISE IN THE COCKPIT. DIVERTED TO SNN. MAINTENANCE PLACED THE LEFT PACK ON MEL. SUBSEQUENT TROUBLESHOOTING DETERMINED THAT THE F/O'S WINDSHIELD AIR DIFFUSER WAS CRACKED AND A LOUD HUM WOULD DEVELOPE WITH THE PACK ON. REPAIRED DIFFUSER. NO FURTHER FAULTS.

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