Service difficulty report · Coupling · Boeing 76733A

Difficulty date
October 25, 2017
Submitted
October 30, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1997A
Make and model
Boeing 76733A
Aircraft serial
27310
Aircraft time
92,696 hours, 18,308 cycles
Part
Coupling
Condition
Backed Out
Location
Check Valve
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

APU SURGES WITH ONE PACK ON. PERFORMED FIM 36-10-00, AND 49-17-00. FOUND A LARGE AIR LEAK AT THE FWD PNEUMATIC GROUND AIR CONNECTOR CHECK VALVE. COUPLING HAD BACKED OFF AND THE CHECK VALVE HAD ROTATED FROM ALIGNMENT SLOTS. REINSTALLED THE CHECK VALVE AND COUPLING IAW AMM 36-11-03, LEAK AND OPS CHECKED OK.

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