Service difficulty report · Screw · Doug MD9030

Difficulty date
August 5, 2002
Submitted
August 14, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N904DA
Make and model
Doug MD9030
Aircraft serial
53384
Aircraft time
22,154 hours, 11,795 cycles
System (JASC)
1430 · Fasteners
Part
Screw
Condition
Loose
Location
E/E Bay
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, S
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIR TURNBACK, 2L DOOR HAD A LARGE AIRLEAK AUTO CONTROLLER DID NOT HAVE OUTFLOW VALVE FULL CLOSED. GOT CABIN ALT WARN LIGHT CABIN WAS AT 10000 FT/BIT AUTO CONTROLLER 1 FAULTED GROUND SWITCH. PRESSURIZED A/C PER M/M, NO DOOR LEAKS NOTED. FOUND LOOSE SCREW HAD FALLEN INTO RELAY R2-4 SHORTING TERMINALS D1 AND D2. REPLACED RELAY. PERFORMED BIT TEST PER PER M/M. ALL CKS GOOD. PERFORMED TEST OF SYS AND FOUND SYS TESTS NORMAL.

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