Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 20, 2011
Submitted
January 21, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N553UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25277
Aircraft time
61,825 hours, 23,034 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Valve
Part number
3987865
Part serial
398
Condition
Faulty
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

PACK ISSUE, FLIGHT DIVERTED. LT PACK WENT FULL HOT ON CLIMBOUT. WENT MANCOLD, NO HELP. TEMP WAS UNBEARABLY HOT AIR CHRON. HAS HISTORY NO FAULTS ON PACK OR ZONE CONTROLLERS. NO TIME TO TROUBLESHOOT. PACK WILL RUN HOT INTERMITTENTLY. PROBLEM STARTED AFTER HEAT EXCH AND COND WERE REPLACED & LAX FOUND PACK INLET OBSTRUCTED. SUGGEST INSP HEAT EXCH FOR FOD AND CHECKING LOW LIMIT VALVE FOR PROPER OPERATION. REPLACED ZONE TEMP SELECTOR. OPERATED PACK SYS ALL WORKED NORMAL.