Service difficulty report · Outflow Valve · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
April 14, 2024
Submitted
April 17, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N79541
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
63725
Aircraft time
20,783 hours, 7,291 cycles
Part
Outflow Valve
Part number
2123010BA
Part serial
17115288
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin Pressure
Part time
20,783 hours, 7,291 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, G, A

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

What was found

CABIN ALT WARNING AT F270. CABIN ALT INDICATE 13K FT. COMPLIED W/ ACTION ITEMS & QRH. 20 MIN OUT AT 27,000FT GOT WARNING HORN, ALTITTUDE INDICATOR SHOWED 13,000 FT, CREW BROUGHT ACFT DOWN & STABILIZED AT 13,000 FT, BEGAN DESCENT & LANDED. PILOTS USED BOTH OXYGEN MASKS & CREW OXYGEN DOWN TO 1,000PSI. PERFORMED A CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER BITE IAW FIM 21-31 TASK 801, BITE TEST OF CONTROLLER 1 SHOWED 4 FAULTS ON THE LAST LEG, CONTRL LRU FAIL CODE 042, MANUAL SWITCH CODE 058, CAB ALT 10000 FT CODE 017, & LO. ACCOMPLISHED PRESSURE LEAK DOWN CHECK IAW AMM 21-00-05-780-801. LEAK DOWN FAILED. PERFORMED FIM 21-31 TASK 824, PERFORMED A PRESSURE SYS GRND TEST IAW AMM 21-31-00-700-802. SYS TEST PASSED. REPLACED OUTFLOW VALVE. TESTED OK. MASKS IN CABIN WERE DEPLOYED, FROM FLIGHT DECK, & GENS UNPINNED. INFL/ HI LEAKING CODE 30, CODES 058 & 017 SHOW UNUSED IAW FIM 21-31 TASK 801.