Service difficulty report · Air Vent · Boeing 737201

Difficulty date
April 29, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N249US
Make and model
Boeing 737201
Aircraft serial
22756
Part
Air Vent
Condition
Not Connected
Location
Lt Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ORF - FL8032, AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT DID NOT PRESSURIZE AND APPEARED TO HAVE A LOUD WIND NOISE COMING FROM THE CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD. AS PRECAUTIONARY, THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT ORF. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO GATE ON ITS OWN POWER. CAPTAIN STATED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH TO FIELD, AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO RETURN TO NORMAL. MAINTENANCE FOUND AN AIR VENT DISCONNECTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF COCKPIT. RECONNECTED SAME. ALSO, RETORQUED CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD AS PRECAUTIONARY DUE TO WINDSHIELD JUST BEING REPLACED. PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT TO 5 PSI. NO LEAKS NOTED. (M)