Service difficulty report · Outflow Valve · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 15, 2014
Submitted
December 23, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N226UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30226
Aircraft time
54,526 hours, 6,515 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Outflow Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cabin Pressure
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE FIELD DUE TO BEING UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE. RECONFIGURED AFT OUTFLOW VLV TO 0.07 OPEN, PRESSURIZED ACFT TO 1.5 PSID AMM 05-51-24 REFERS. ALL CHECKED GOOD. ALTHOUGH NO DEPRESSURIZATION OCCURRED, PERFORMED CONDITIONAL GVI DESCRIBED AT 05-51-12 AS PRECAUTION, NOTHING ABNORMAL FOUND.