Service difficulty report · Exhaust Valve · Boeing 757200

Difficulty date
December 7, 2022
Submitted
December 9, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N922FD
Make and model
Boeing 757200
Aircraft serial
24293
Aircraft time
73,445 hours, 27,678 cycles
Part
Exhaust Valve
Part number
566918
Part serial
5487
Condition
Stuck
Location
N/A
Part time
4,293 hours, 3,302 cycles
Component
Exhaust Ovbd Va
Component part number
566918
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

PDIS 922 21-30 3695 07DEC22 CDG FACT U RECEIVED CABIN ALT WARNING IN FLIGHT AT FL400. CABIN ALT WAS JUST OVER 10,000 . DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7PSI. WE DESCENDED TO 10,000 . EXECUTED THE QRC/QRH. WE KEPT THE CABIN ALTITUDE CONTROL IN AUTO. IT FUNCTIONED NORMALLY AFTER THAT. R/I 08DEC22 01:47 CDG U REASON CODE : PREMATURE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION OFF MPN: 5669-18 POS: ONL SRL: 5487 ON MPN: 5669-18 CPN: 2112858 SRL: 5466 TAG NBR: I34563 AMM: 21-58-05-4 AMM: 05-51-24-2 CABIN PRESSURIZATION LEAKAGE TEST PERFORMED IAW AMM 05-51-24-2, FOUND EQUIPMENT COOLING OVERBOARD EXHAUST VALVE STUCK IN OPEN POSITION, UNABLE TO REACH THE FULLY CLOSED POSITION. REMOVED AND REPLACED VALVE IAW AMM 21-58-05-4, VALVE OPERATES PROPERLY AND PERFORMED PRESSURIZATION LEAKAGE TEST AGAIN, FOUND SATIS.

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