Service difficulty report · Outflow Valve · Boeing 7879

Difficulty date
June 23, 2023
Submitted
June 28, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N27964
Make and model
Boeing 7879
Aircraft serial
37813
Aircraft time
34,502 hours, 3,345 cycles
Part
Outflow Valve
Part number
7100568H02
Part serial
15128164
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Unknown
Part time
34,497 hours, 3,342 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

LOUD BANG CLIMBING OUT F190 CABIN ALT 4000 DIFF 5.8. OULD FEEL IT IN THEIR FEET. THE SOUND CAME FROM BEHIND THE CAPT ISSUES WITH PRESSURIZATION. CABIN PSID AT THE TIME WAS AROUND ON LEFT SIDE AC AND BELOW FLOOR POSSIBLY BELOW LAV A. CONT... 5.8 PSID. TOMC LOCKS FOR REPAIR. TOMC UPDATING PER CONVERSATION WITH CREW SHORTLY AFTER NOISE OCC CONT... CAPT ADVISED THEY HAD A FA REMAIN SEATED AT THE L1 DR URED. THIS IS A REPEAT ITEM - CAPT ADVISED NOISE OCCURED LOWER JUMPSEAT DURING CLIMB AND THEY REPORTED THE SOUND WAS FWD OF THE TODAY THAN PASSED 3 LEGS HE HAS FLOWN THIS AC THIS PAST WEEK. P JUMPSEAT AND APPEARED TO HAVE COME FROM BELOW LAV A. POSSIBLY REV ALT WHEN IT OCCURED WAS AROUND FL 290. CAPT REPORTED THEY C FWD OUTFLOW VLV HANGING UP AND THEN SEATING. CAPT REPORTED NO UNLOCKING FOR UPDATE REMOVED AND REPLACED FORWARD OUTFLOW VALVE,REF AMM 21-31-04-00A-520/720A-A SEE LOG PAGE 4951678 FOR ADDITIONAL CORRECTIVE ACTION. PARTS USED: 1097310,QTY :1 ROTABLE PARTS CHANGE WAS INDICATED - TT # 1097310 SN OFF 8164 IPC REFERENCE # 21-31-04 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE U331961 VALVE, ASSY, OU OFF 79-2131-9-9001 8164 ON 79-2131-9-9001 8171

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