Service difficulty report · Safety Switch · Boeing 737401

Difficulty date
September 15, 2001
Submitted
October 15, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N420US
Make and model
Boeing 737401
Aircraft serial
23987
Part
Safety Switch
Part number
189929
Condition
Faulty
Location
Rt Mlg Ww
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

MCO - FLT 1263 - EN ROUTE FROM PHL, AT FL220, RECEIVED AN ALERT FOR CABIN PRESSURIZATION AS CABIN ALTITUDE CLIMBED ABOVE 10,000 FT. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND ACCOMPLISHED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. BOTH TRANSPONDERS FAILED-NO FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CABIN CHIMES AND FORWARD SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDING, SPEED BRAKE LIGHT GOING GREEN TO AMBER INTERMITTENTLY AND A/T AND TCAS FAILING INTERMITTENTLY. DIVERTED TO MCO AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX FOUND A DEFECTIVE C/B AT P6-1 PANEL, E-13 POSITION, NR 2 ELEC A/C BUS. R&R CIRCUIT BREAKER. ALL SYSTEMS CHECK GOOD AT THIS TIME. THE PROBLEM REPEATED THAT DAY. FOUND THE GROUND SAFETY SWITCH CYCLING BETWEEN AIR AND GROUND. R&R S105 GROUND SAFETY SENSOR AND M990 GROUND SENSING CIR