Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
November 23, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N421DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21274
Part
Duct
Part number
656024013
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Lt Pack
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

FLT DIVERTED INTO DCA AT FL 350, CABIN ALT 5,600 FT, AFTER ABOUT 10 MIN OF LITE VIBRATION OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, CABIN CLIMBED AT 500 FT/MIN AND UNABLE TO CONTROL IN ANY MODE OF PRESS. ACCOMPLISHED LOSS OF PRESS AND EMERGENCY DESCENT CK LIST AT 10,000 FT, CABIN CONTROL WAS REGAINED IN ALL MODES AS LONG AS PWR WAS KEPT ABOVE 1.2 EPR. ON INTIATION OF EMERGENCY DESCENT A LOUD ROAR BEGAN AT FWD ENTRY DOOR AFT SIDE. FOUND DUCT JUST FORWARD OF LEFT WATER SEPARATOR HAD RUPTURED. REPLACED DUCT, OPERATION NORMAL.