Service difficulty report · Warning Light · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
March 19, 2018
Submitted
March 20, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N961AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55023
Aircraft time
47,739 hours, 33,023 cycles
Part
Warning Light
Condition
False Activation
Location
Tail Section
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON APPROACH, DUE TO THE TAIL TEMP HIGH WARNING INDICATION REPEATEDLY. FOLLOWING THE FIRST INDICATION THE CREW COMPLIED WITH THE QRH AND SECURED THE LEFT PACK AND BLEED. THE MESSAGE INITIALLY WENT OUT, BUT CAME BACK WITHIN 2 MINUTES. THEN THE RIGHT PACK AND BLEED WERE TURNED OFF, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED ICING CONDITIONS. IT WAS AT THAT POINT THE EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED TO GET A CONTINUED DESCENT AND EXPEDITED APPROACH. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, SCANNED THE TAIL SECTION, NO ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED A COMPLETE INSPECTION AND NO PNEUMATIC LEAKS WERE FOUND. THE PODS CONTROLLER WAS REPLACED AND B LOOP D1-1038 WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 36-23.

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