Service difficulty report · Plenum · Boeing 76733A

Difficulty date
February 27, 2021
Submitted
March 2, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1997A
Make and model
Boeing 76733A
Aircraft serial
27310
Aircraft time
99,668 hours, 20,696 cycles
Part
Plenum
Part number
22026232
Part serial
TLS23756
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Acm
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APPROX 50 MIN INTO FLIGHT, SLIGHT VIBRATION FELT IN AIRFRAME. VIBRATION FELT EVERY 5 TO 6 MINS. LASTING APPROX.15 SECONDS. NO EICAS OR STATUS MESSAGES ASSCOCIATED. NO HIGH VIB INDICATION ON ENGINE. THE OUTFLOW VALVE APPEARS TO BE MOVING AND SEEMS TO COINCIDE WITH THE VIBRATION. VIBRATION WAS THE SAME @ FL400, FL380 AND FL360. DURING ILS APP. NO AUTOLAND DISPLAYED ON ASA. FOUND FWD CARGO BAY HEAT DISTRIBUTION DUCT DISCONNECTED, RECONNECTED DUCT, REPLACED ALL SCRIVETS AND CLAMPS. PERFORMED FLOW TEST AS PER AMM 21-00-00, PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF OUTFLOW VALVE, ALL CHECKS GOOD AS PER AMM 21-30-00.LP 1232590, ITEM M8: REMOVED L/H ACM IAW AMM 21-51-03. INSTALLED L/H ACM IAW AMM 21-51-03, OPS CHECK GOOD. S.N OFF: 15-3128, P/N OFF: 680640-4.ITEM M9: L/H PLENUM REMOVED AND NEW L/H PLENUM INSTALLED REF AMM 21-51-02.LP 1232591, ITEM M10: SECURED LOOSE DUCTS, INSTALLED NEW CLAMPS AND SCRIVETS AS PER AMM 21-40-00.

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