Service difficulty report · Controller · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
July 6, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N426US
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
24548
Part
Controller
Part number
7638101
Condition
Failed
Location
Cabin
Stage of operation
CL
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

DCA - FLT 2055 - UPON CLIMB-OUT FROM DCA AT APPROXIMATELY 12,000 FEET, THE CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING SOUNDED. CABIN WAS CLIMBING 2,000 FEET PER MINUTE CLIMBING THROUGH FL 180 TO FL 190. CREW SWITCHED OVER TO STANDBY SYSTEM AND DESCENDED. OXYGEN MASKS DROPPED AND OXYGEN GENERATORS WERE ACTIVATED. FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT DCA. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. MAINT PERFORMED OPERATION TEST OF PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM PER MM 21-31-00 AND FOUND NO FAULTS. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER (P/N 763810-1) AND PRESSURIZATION CONTROL PANEL (P/N 711002-5) AS PRECAUTIONARY. ALSO, REMOVED AND REPLACED OXYGEN MASKS AT ALL STATIONS AND OXYGEN GENERATORS THAT WERE ACTIVATED. REF: OPER CNTRL NR 99ZZZX2827. (X)

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