Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
February 19, 2012
Submitted
February 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N546UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25367
Aircraft time
75,476 hours, 21,980 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Valve
Part number
32896961
Part serial
175
Condition
Faulty
Location
Ac Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
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

REPEAT GRIPE. TWO HOURS INTO FLIGHT THE FLIGHT DECK TEMP WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. NO EICAS OR LIGHTS. BITE PACK CONTROLLER AND ZONE CONTROLLER, NO FAULTS. INBD CREW COMMENT, STDBY OPS NORMAL. DEFER AUTO MODE FOR FURTHER T/S. PERFORMED BITE TEST PER M M 21-51-14. BITE SHOW "ALTITUDE SWITCH" AND" LOW LIMIT VLV" FAULT LIGHT ON. REPLACED ALTITUDE SWITCH, RETEST SHOW LOW LIMIT VLV. PART NST IN SEA 643-9025. PARTS: (563-3041) 625878-1 SWITCH. REPLACED LOW LIMIT VALVE PER AMM, CHECKS OK BUTTERFLY SHEARED ON SHAFT OF OLD VALVE. RPLC'D ZONE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER (P/N S210T130-77 - SERIAL#104), RETURNED SYSTEM TO OPERATIONAL.