Service difficulty report · Duct · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
September 25, 2009
Submitted
November 11, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N510UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24780
Aircraft time
65,363 hours, 21,147 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Duct
Condition
Damaged
Location
Ac Pack
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

CABIN PRESSURE ISSUE, FLIGHT DIVERTED. R ENG PRSOV "OFF" LT NOT ILLUMINATED. WITH ISOLATION VLV CLOSED APU AIR IS AVAIL FOR L ENG START AND PACK OPERATION. DUE TO INABILITY TO MAINTAIN CABIN PRESS ON SINGLE PACK, ACCOMPLISH INTENSIFIED INSPECTION OF BOTH PACK BAYS FOR POSSIBLE DUCT LEAK. FOUND FLEX HOSE & CLAMP BLOWN OFF A-C DUCT. FLEX HOSE RE-INSTALLED ON LT PACK DUCTING ALONG WITH CLAMP. LEAK CHECKED NORMAL. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE RUN. INDICATIONS AND OPERATION NORMAL. APU PNEUMATICS NORMAL TRIED TO BACK PRESS THE RT ENG PRSOV CLOSED WITH EXTERNAL AIR REF SERVICE TIP. NO JOY. LIKELY NEEDS PRSOV REPLACEMENT. REPLACED PRSOV. PRESSURIZED A/C. PRESSURIZATION NORMAL WITHOUT FLUX IN CABIN PRESSURE. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE RUN. INDICATIONS AND OPERATION NORMAL. APU PNEUMATICS NORMAL.