Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Boeing 7372X6C

Difficulty date
July 12, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 7372X6C
Aircraft time
47,379 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D17
Part
Circuit Breaker
Condition
Weak
Location
Electrical
Part time
47,729 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB-OUT THROUGH FL290 MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FAILURES OCCURRED. ALL GENERATOR & TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER INDICATIONS NORMAL. A TRANSFER BUSS CIRCUIT BREAKER FOUND TRIPPED. AFTER A COOLING PERIOD CREW RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER. ALL SYSTEMS RETURNED TO NORMAL & CREW CLIMBED BACK INTO RVSM AIRSPACE. ONCE LEVEL, SAME BREAKER TRIPPED AGAIN CAUSING SAME MULTIPLE SYSTEM FAILURES. AS PER COMPANY PROCEDURES & MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATION, CREW DID NOT RESET TRIPPED BREAKER A SECOND TIME. CREW THEN ADVISED THAT THEY NEEDED TO RETURN. ON DESCENT, CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING HORN ACTIVATED. CABIN SLOWLY CLIMBING AT 200 FT PER MINUTE. CREW CALLED FOR & COMPLETED APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST & MANUALLY REGAINED CONTROL OF CABIN. CABIN REACHED A MAX ALTITUDE OF 11,000 FT. CREW ADVISED ATC THAT THEY NOW HAD A CABIN PROBLEM & REQUESTED LOWER. ACFT BURNED OFF FUEL TO GET TO BELOW MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LANDING WEIGHT & PROCEEDED FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. AFTER EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING, MX REPLACED THE NR 1 TRANSFER BUSS, NORMAL CIRCUIT BREAKER & FOR PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES REPLACED NR 1 TRANSFER BUSS RELAY. DURING AN EXTENSIVE TESTING PERIOD & GROUND OPERATIONS, DEFECT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED & ACFT RELEASED FOR TEST FLT. NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES OF DEFECT NOTED ON TEST FLT. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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