Service difficulty report · Toilet · Boeing 7377CT

Difficulty date
January 4, 2015
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 7377CT
Aircraft time
42,563 hours
Engine
Ge CFM567B24
Part
Toilet
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Lavatory
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

(CAN) AFTER DEPARTING FROM MCO IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BOTH THE FORWARD AND AFT LAVATORY TOILETS WOULD NOT FLUSH. PRIOR TO DISPATCH THE LAVATORY MOTOR BLOWER WAS MEL IN THIS CONFIGURATION THE VACUUM WASTE SYSTEM USES NEGATIVE PRESSURE AT ALTITUDE TO FLUSH THE TOILETS, HOWEVER THE TOILETS WOULDN`T FLUSH. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MCO WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE VACUUM WASTE CONTROL CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED, THIS BREAKER IS NOT LISTED IN THE MEL AND INOPS THE TOILETS ON THE GROUND AND IN FLIGHT. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET AND THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.

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