Service difficulty report · Duct · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
August 12, 2018
Submitted
August 13, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N907DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49538
Aircraft time
80,885 hours, 62,019 cycles
Part
Duct
Condition
Blown
Location
Rt Acm
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

DIVERTED DUE TO A LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION DURING CLIMB, AFTER A TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HIGH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE QRH PROCEDURES AND WITH LEFT ENGINE AT IDLE THE LIGHT WENT OUT. AFTER THE QRH STEPS WERE COMPLETED, THE FLOW LIGHT CYCLED ON AND OFF DURING CLIMB TO FL240 WITH A CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING. AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO FL8K WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE CABIN ALTITUDE NEVER WENT ABOVE 11K. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED NOGO ODI WORK CARD PROCEDURES AND PERFORMED A LEAK CHECK OF THE TAIL COMPARTMENT. THE RIGHT AIR CYCLE MACHINE BOOT WAS FOUND BLOWN OFF. MAINTENANCE CONNECTED THE BOOT AND A PACK LEAK CHECK WAS PERFORMED. A RIGHT PRSOV ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WAS FOUND DAMAGED. THE CONNECTOR AND PRSOV WERE REPLACED IAW THE AMM. THE RIGHT PACK CHECKED OK. THE LEFT PACK FAILED THE CONFIDENCE CHECK. MAINTENANCE FOUND A DUCT ON LEFT PACK TO WATER SEPARATOR TEMP CONTROL VALVE LEAKING. THE DUCT WAS REPLACED IAW THE AMM.

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