Service difficulty report · Fan · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 12, 2010
Submitted
April 12, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24763
Aircraft time
65,184 hours, 24,442 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Fan
Part number
6455072
Part serial
57
Condition
Faulty
Location
Recirculation
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ODOR IN CABIN, RTFL. RT RECIRCULATION FAN SHOULD BE REPLACED. REPLACED RT RECIRCULATION FAN, OPS CHECKS OK. REPLACED RT CHECK VALVE LT, OK. REPLACED BOTH FILTERS. RT RECIRCULATION FAN AIR FILTER EXHIBITED SIGNS OF FAILURE WHEN REPLACED. CHECKED THE DUCTING AND MIX MANIFOLD. FOUND LT AIR CHECK VALVE INOP. REPLACED VALVE. RT CHECK VALVE OK.