Service difficulty report · Selector Panel · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
October 30, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N591US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23936
Part
Selector Panel
Part number
7110025
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
35,606 hours
Stage of operation
CR
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

BWI - FLT 401 - CRUISING AT FL350, LGA-TPA, CABIN ALT WARNING HORN SOUNDED. THE CABIN ALTITUDE INDICATED 10,500 FT AND THE CABIN WAS CLIMBING AT APPROX 1,000 FT PER MINUTE. A DESCENT WAS INITIATED TO A FLT ALTITUDE OF 10,000 FT. DURING DESCENT, THE STANDBY MODE WAS SELECTED ON THE PRESSURIZATION SELECTOR PANEL AND THE CABIN RATE OF CLIMB WENT TO 4,000 FT PER MINUTE INSTANTLY. MANUAL DC WAS THEN SELECTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY THROUGHOUT REMAINDER OF FLT. FLT DIVERTED TO BWI AND LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION SELECTOR PANEL. ALSO, REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER (P/N 763810-2) AND THE AFT OUTFLOW VALVE (P/N 711003