Service difficulty report · Acm · Boeing 737932ER

Difficulty date
January 16, 2019
Submitted
January 17, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N815DN
Make and model
Boeing 737932ER
Aircraft serial
31926
Aircraft time
17,937 hours, 6,552 cycles
Part
Acm
Condition
Failed
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SHIP 3815 AT FLIGHT LEVEL 250 WE RECEIVED A CABIN ALT WARNING LIGHT (CABIN ALT WAS JUST BELOW 10,000 CABIN RATE WAS AT ZERO) PER THE QRH WE DESCEND AN WENT TO MANUAL MODE. PASSING FL 200 THE CABIN BEGAN DESCENDING (UNREADABLE) CABIN ALTITUDE LIGHT WENT OUT WE LEVELED AT FL 180 THE CABIN CONTINUED DESCENDING WE WENT BACK TO AUTO MODE CABIN DESCENDED TO THE CORRECT ALTITUDE AND WORK OK AT FL 180 . CORRECTIVE ACTION: FOUND PRESSURE BULKHEAD SEAL AROUND APU BLEED DUCT, CLAMP OFF. RECONNECTED & LK CK GOOD. REPLACED LEFT ACM DUE TO BLOWER FAN DAMAGE (ACM LOCKED UP) PER AMM 21-51. LK & OPS CK'S GOOD. (5269504).