Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 737800*

Difficulty date
August 8, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737800*
Aircraft time
30,276 hours
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B263
Part
Duct
Part number
213A150173
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt A/C Pack
Part time
30,740 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

(CAN) FLIGHT CREW REPORTED WING BODY OVERHEAT INDICATION LT AND RT CAME ON. LT WING - BODY OVERHEAT INDICATION EVENTUALLY EXTINGUISHED. LT WING BODY OVERHEAT INDICATION CAME ON AGAIN AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AND RT PACK INDICATION ILLUMINATED. ALL 3 INDICATIONS, WING BODY OVERHEAT LT AND RT AND RT PACK STAYED ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE REMAINING FLIGHT. AS THE FLIGHT WAS RETURNING, AT FLIGHT LEVEL 350, BOTH CABIN ALTITUDE AND ASSOCIATED AURAL HORN WERE ACTIVATED. FLIGHT CREW USED O2 MASKS. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. AFTER LANDING BOTH WING BODY OVERHEAT LT AND RT EXTINGUISHED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COMPLETED THE ASSOCIATED T/S AND FOUND IN RT PACK BAY A DUCT ASSY CRACKED AND BLOWN OPEN P/N:213A1501-73. DEFECTIVE ASSY DUCT REPLACED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO SIMILAR RECURRENCE.

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