Service difficulty report · Cabin Pressure · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
October 28, 2016
Submitted
October 31, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N957DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49976
Aircraft time
69,300 hours, 51,691 cycles
Part
Cabin Pressure
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE. ZERO PRESSURE ON BOTH PACK PRESSURE INDICATORS. NO MODE LIGHT ON TRP. AIR RETURN TO KSDF REQUIRED. WHILE AIRBORNE OUTFLOW VALVE WAS FULLY CLOSED WITH FLOW LIGHT ON PRESSURIZATION PANEL. NO FAULT LIGHTS ON EOAP. VERIFIED BOTH PACK SWITCHES WERE ON. AIR CONDITIONING SHUTOFF SWITCH TO OVERRIDE DID NOT HELP. NO AIRFOIL OR ENGINE ANTI-ICE WAS SELECTED ON. PERFORMED BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT PNEUMATIC HEALTH CHECKS PER WORK CARD 2120-2258 AND 2120-2277. ALL CHECKS WERE NORMAL. (LP# 8634350)

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