Service difficulty report · Acm · Boeing 7879

Difficulty date
May 19, 2026
Submitted
May 20, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N26960
Make and model
Boeing 7879
Aircraft serial
36408
Aircraft time
49,655 hours, 4,732 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
7110121H01
Part serial
7883
Condition
Faulted
Location
Right
Part time
49,654 hours, 4,732 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AT GATE RETURN FLIGHT CREW REPORTED BURNING ODOR SMELL IN CABIN. FOUND 3 STATUS MESSAGES REF LP 8941702, 8941648 AND 8941641. RT PACK WOULD NOT TURN ON. PRESSED PACK RESET SWITCH WHICH CLEARED THE MESSAGES THEN CYCLED PACK SWITCH ON. WITHIN 1 MIN OF PACK RUNNING HEAVY ODOR SULFUR ODOR FILLED CABIN & FLT DECK THEN RT PACK SWITCHED CYCLED OFF & ODOR DISSIPATED. CYCLED LT PACK SWITCH ON FOR AT LEAST 10 MINS UNTIL ACFT DEBOARDED & NO FURTHER ODOR NOTED. UPDATING FAULT CODES 21-65223,21-65173, REF FIM DMC-B787-A-21-50-F2-71A-421A-A PERFORMED RT ACM BREAKAWAY TORQUE FUNCTIONAL TEST IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-21-52-02-00A-340A-A. BREAKAWAY TORQUE OUT OF RANGE & FOUND EVIDENCE OF ACM OUTLET TURBINE SCRAPING HOUSING. LP 8944726 CREATED FOR REPLCEMENT OF RH ACM. REF LP 8944726 REPLACED RH ACM. CABIN AIR CONDITIONING/TEMP CONTROL SYSTEM RIGHT PACK AIR OFF AND RIGHT PACK AIR ON TESTS PASSED. OPRATED RT PACK FOR 1 HR, NO UNUSUAL ODOR AND NO MX MESSAGES. BOTH LT & RT PACKS OPERATE NORMALLY. REMOVED RT ACM IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-21-52-02-02A-520A-A.

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