Service difficulty report · Fork · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
March 28, 2004
Submitted
April 22, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512AU
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
23595
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Fork
Part number
H313241
Condition
Broken
Location
E32 Rack/Ee
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AUTO FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE AND THERE WAS NO PNEUMATIC PRESSURE FROM EITHER ENGINE. CABIN TEMPERATURE CLIMBED RAPIDLY. CREW BROUGHT APU ON LINE BUT STILL COULD NOT PRESSURIZE AIRCRAFT. PACKS WERE NOT WORKING. FLIGHT RETUNED TO FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINT FOUND THE AIR CONDITIONING ACCESSORY UNIT HOLD DOWN LUG/FORK ASSY BROKEN AND UNIT NOT SEATED IN THE CONNECTOR RACK. INSTALLED ACCESSORY UNIT AND REPLACED FOR ASSEMBLY. PACK AND BLEED SYSTEM OPERATES NORMAL.

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