Service difficulty report · Boot · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
October 13, 2020
Submitted
October 15, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6713Y
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
30777
Aircraft time
64,703 hours, 23,523 cycles
Part
Boot
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Lt A/C Pack
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE AIRCRAFT LOST PRESSURIZATION AT FL350. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH ATC AND AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET WAS INITIATED. THE AUTO 1 SYSTEM HELD TO 13,500 FEET THEN DECREASED TO NORMAL (5700 AT 20,000 FEET). THE CREW WAS CLEARED TO COMPLETED THE FLIGHT AT FL200 BY MCC AND DISPATCH. THE CREW HAD DONNED O2 MASKS, BUT NO CABIN MASKS WERE DEPLOYED OR USED. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RT PACK CONDITIONED AIR BOOT WAS NOT CONNECTED DUE TO A LOOSE CLAMP. THE DUCT AND CLAMP WERE RECONNECTED.