Service difficulty report · Regulator · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
September 24, 2000
Submitted
December 20, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N437US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24559
Part
Regulator
Part number
1074922
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
36,339 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
B, G, A

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 1080 - EN ROUTE FROM TPA-PHL, 150 MILES SOUTH OF CAE AT FL370, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE PRESSURIZATION AT A SLOW RATE. CREW COULD NOT CONTROL CABIN. THEY PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT, AT SLOW RATE, FROM FL370 TO FL100. OXYGEN MASKS WERE DEPLOYED. FLIGHT DIVERTED INTO CLT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 2 ENGINE BLEED PRESSURE TO ZERO PSI. REPLACED DEFECTIVE PRSOV BLEED AIR REGULATOR AND TIGHTENED A LOOSE B-NUT TO PRSOV. PERFORMED PRESSURIZATION CONTROL TEST PER MM 21-31-00. OPS TEST GOOD. REPACKED MASKS AND REPLACED OXYGEN GENERATORS. (M)

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