Service difficulty report · Shutoff Valve · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
March 6, 2016
Submitted
March 8, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N975DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53243
Aircraft time
65,764 hours, 48,564 cycles
Part
Shutoff Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ACFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE AFTER T/O RAN QRH PROCEDURES. NO HELP. CABIN SUPPLY TEMP REACHED 150F NO AIRFLOW AFTER T/O COULD FEEL AIRFLOW CYCLE 2 OR 3 TIMES ON THEN BACK OFF DURING FLIGHT. R & R LT PRSOV IAW AMM 21-31. LT FLOW CONTROL VALVE SLOW TO OPERATE. REPLACED SAME OPEN CKS AND LEAK CKS OK. REPLACED 575 DEGREE THERMOSTAT DUE TO AIR LEAKAGE IAW AMMM 21-61. PERFORMED SINGLE PACK CONFIDENCE CHECKS IAW AMM 21-00 AND HULL LEAK CHECK. PERFORMED ALL STEPS OF ODI PREVENTION WITH NO CONTAMINATION OF PNEU DUCTS, ENGINE AND ACFT SYSTEMS. C/W CARDS 2120-2367 AND 7100-2619, FULL DUCT BURN WITH NO ODORS NOTED.

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