Service difficulty report · Coalescer Bag · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 2, 2016
Submitted
June 6, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N942DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49815
Aircraft time
69,780 hours, 52,109 cycles
Part
Coalescer Bag
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
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

DURING DESCENT FROM FL350 TO FL240 THE "FLOW" LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH THE CABIN ALTITUDE RISING RAPIDLY THROUGH 9,000 FT. DURING EMERGENCY DESCENT CABIN PRESSURE, AUTO 1 INOPERATIVE, AUTO 2 INOPERATIVE AND AUTO INOPERATIVE ILLUMINATED. THE RT PACK PRESSURE WAS LOW. CABIN ALTITUDE ROSE TO 16,000 FT AND THE PASSENGER OXYGEN MASKS DEPLOYED AUTOMATICALLY. THE OXYGEN GENERATORS WERE REPLACED AND THE O2 MASK WERE RE-PACKED. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A PRESSURIZATION OPS CHECK. THE RT PACK PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE LEFT FLOW CONTROL VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE COALESCER BAGS WERE REPLACED. HEALTH CHECKS WERE PERFORMED ON BOTH PACKS AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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