Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 727232

Difficulty date
August 29, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N520DA
Make and model
Boeing 727232
Aircraft serial
21471
Part
Switch
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cockpit
Component
694859832
Stage of operation
CR
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

RT PACK SWITCH FAULTY. INFLT BUMPED SWITCH TO INTERMEDIATE POS, CAUSING PACK TO NOT OPERATE AT FL 330. PAC APPEARED TO BE ON, BUT ACTUALLY WAS OFF. RESULT WAS DEPRESSURIZATION TO ABOVE 10,000 FT, CABIN ALT O2 DROPPED. CABIN ALT REGAINED IN STBY MODE AND SWITCH PHYSICALLY PUSHED UP. FOUND RT PACK SWITCH FAULTY, REPLACED AIR COND CONTROL PANEL. RAN PACS AND PRESSURIZED A/C TO 7 PSI. CABIN LK CK GOOD. STOWED AND RESET O2 SYSTEM.