Service difficulty report · Generator · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
November 19, 2000
Submitted
November 21, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N172DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
24775
Aircraft time
50,229 hours, 7,693 cycles
Part
Generator
Condition
Faulty
Location
Cabin Oxygen
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

EMERGENCY OXYGEN GENERATOR/3 PERSON PURITAN P/N 117003-13, BOEING P/N S417T401-26 MFG DATE 6-89 LOT NUMBER 346. WHILE PERFORMING A ROUTINE REPLACEMENT, THE CANISTER WOULD NOT FIRE BY IT''S OWN MEANS. THE TRIGGERING MECHANISM DID NOT FIRE IT. IT HAD TO BE MADE SAFE BY USING A PUNCH AND A HAMMER TO FIRE IT.