Service difficulty report · Flex Line · Boeing 7377BF

Difficulty date
November 28, 2011
Submitted
November 29, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N737AG
Make and model
Boeing 7377BF
Aircraft serial
30496
Aircraft time
1,414 hours, 601 cycles
Part
Flex Line
Part number
O2C20T035
Condition
Deteriorated
Location
Oxygen System
Part time
1,414 hours, 601 cycles
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

A VISUAL INSPECTION LOCATED, A NUMBER OF BROKEN FLEX LINES IN THE PASSENGER OXYGEN SYS. FURTHER EVALUATION AND FUNCTION CHECK REVEALED ADDITIONAL DEFECTS IN LINES THAT WERE VISUALLY SERVICEABLE. THE ACFT PASSENGER OXYGEN SYS HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY THIS INSTALLATION OF A GASEOUS OXYGEN SYSTEM UNDER STC ST9756SC-D. THE FLEX LINES INSTALLED FROM THE MAIN MANIFOLD TO THE DEPLOYMENT BOXES HAVE BECOME HARD AND BRITTLE CAUSING SEVERAL LINES TO BREAK AND OTHER TO LEAK WHILE VISUALLY SERVICEABLE. THIS COMPROMISED THE OVERALL AIRWORTHINESS OF THE PASSENGER OXYGEN SYS.

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