Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 7373B7

Difficulty date
December 7, 2002
Submitted
January 2, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512AU
Make and model
Boeing 7373B7
Aircraft serial
23595
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Valve
Part number
3981161
Condition
Stuck
Location
Lavatory
Part time
41,665 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, 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 LIFTOFF, THE FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR BEGAN SOUNDING. AN ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS ALSO NOTED COMING FROM THE FORWARD LAVATORY. CREW PULLED THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR THE WATER HEATER IN THE FORWARD LAVATORY AND THE SMOKE ALARM STOPPED SOUNDING. THE ODOR WAS ALSO DETECTED IN THE AFT CABIN, BUT NO ALARMS. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AD THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL, THE ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS NOT AS STRONG. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LT MIXING VALVE STUCK. ALSO, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CABIN TEMPERATURE INDICATOR, DUE TO INACCURACY. ACCOMPLISHED GROUND RUN. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. NO ODOR NOTED.

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