N378DL
Operators of this aircraft
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No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
20 reports on file, 1998-05-12 – 2004-02-01.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — INOPERATIVE (LEFT PACK) · airframe 44,615 hrs · 34,570 cycles
ACFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE, AT FL190 CABIN ALT WARNING HORN SOUNDED. FOUND LEFT A/C PACK CONTROL VALVE FLUCTUATING. REPLACED SAME. ACFT PRESSURIZES NORMALLY.
Earlier reports · 1998–2003 · 19 reports
2003
Part: CONTROLLER — INOPERATIVE (COCKPIT) · airframe 42,656 hrs · 33,306 cycles
NR 1 CSD HIGH OIL TEMP LIGHT ILLUM CLIMBING THRU 15000 FT. DISCONNECTED CSD PER POM. STARTED APU AT 19000 FT THEN AT FL250 THE APU GEN DROPPED OFF LINE. DIVERTED TO MCO. FOUND CSD OVERSERVICED. SERVICED TO CORRECT LEVEL. CHECKS NORMAL ON ENGINE RUN. FWD TO MCO AND PLACARD DUE TO HISTORY. REPLACED APU GCU. APU GENERATOR OPN NORMAL.
2001
Part: CIRCUIT BREAKER — DEFECTIVE (ELECTRICAL SYS) · airframe 38,914 hrs · 31,759 cycles
ON PUSHBACK ENG START NR 2 GEN ON LINE POWER DUMPED AND ALL FUEL PUMPS C/BS POPPED EXCEPT AFT NR 1 LOW PRESS LIGHTS AND NO PWR ON TR 2 & 3. CHECKED C/BS FOUND SEVERAL OPEN. RESET C/BS, OPN GOOD ON CLIMBOUT PASSING FL200 A/P DISCONNECTED SAME IND BEFORE FUEL LOW PRESS LIGHTS TR 2 & 3, 0 VOLTS NO 2 RADIO, NO F/O NAV, NO STAB TRIM, NO RT SIDE PITOT HEAT OR ANTI-ICE. REPLACED NR 2 GEN BREAKER AND GCU OPS CKS ON ENG RUN.
Part: COFFEEMAKER — OVERHEATED (AFT GALLEY) · airframe 38,666 hrs · 31,650 cycles
ELECTRICAL ODOR IN AFT GALLEY, GALLEY WALL HOT TO TOUCH. FOUND NR 2 COFFEEMAKER OVERHEATING. REPLACED BOTH COFFEEMAKERS IN AFT GALLEY. OPN NORMAL. CKD WALL AFTER 1 HR OF OPN WITH NO ABNORMALITIES FOUND.
Part: SKIN — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 37,177 hrs · 31,006 cycles
A 2 INCH LONG CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE FUSELAGE SKIN 3 INCH FWD OF FS 756 AND JUST ABOVE STRINGER 20R. THE CRACK WAS REMOVED WITH A CUTOUT IN THE SKIN AND REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER. THE REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER ER/A 380723-14.
2000
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,829 hrs · 30,408 cycles
THE FS 178 BULKHEAD WEB WAS FOUND CRACKED AT WL 207 AND LBL AND RBL 25. ERA 396437-14AD REPAIRS THE AREA PER S/B 737-53A1173 AT MV.
Part: FRAME — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,829 hrs · 30,408 cycles
THE LT OUTER CHORD ON THE FS 178 BULKHEAD WAS FOUND CRACKED AND WAS REPLACED PER ERA 396424-14AD AT MV.
Part: BULKHEAD — CRACKED (FUSELAGE) · airframe 35,829 hrs · 30,408 cycles
THE FS 178 BULKHEAD WEB WAS FOUND CRACKED AT WL 195 AND LBL AND RBL 5.7. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED AT MV PER ERA 396422-14AD SIMILIAR TO THAT OF S/B 737-53A1173.
Part: FLOORBEAM — CORRODED (CABIN) · airframe 35,787 hrs · 30,377 cycles
FLOORBEAM CORRODED FS 344, RBL 14 TO LBL 48. REMOVED CORROSION PER SRM 51-10-6 AREA OUT OF LIMITS PER SRM 53-10-1. BEGAN REMOVING T-CAP. DRILLED UP REPLACMENT T-CAP PER M/M 53-21-0 FIG 803. OK TO INSTALL. STARTED INSTALLATION OF T-CAP PER M/M 53-21-0 FIG 803. CHEMICALLY TREATED PER 900-2 NR 5.
Part: FLOORBEAM — CORRODED (CABIN) · airframe 35,787 hrs · 30,377 cycles
FLOORBEAM CORRODED, FS 312, LBL 14 TO RBL 24. REMOVED CORROSION SRM 51-10-6. AREA OUT OF LIMITS PER SRM 53-10-1. BEGAN REMOVING FASTENERS. CHEMICAL TREATED PER 900-4-06. DRILLED REPLACEMENT CAP PER M/M 53-21-0 FIG 803. OK TO INSTALL. REPAIRED PER M/M 53-21-0 FIG 803.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN) · airframe 35,228 hrs · 29,947 cycles
EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING WOULD NOT TEST FROM ROWS 16 THRU 20. REPLACED BATTERY PACK.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 34,827 hrs · 29,608 cycles
FOUND SEAT ROWS 12-15 DEF AND OVERWING EMERGENCY LIGHTS INOP ON LAYOVER. FOUND POWER SUPPLY BAD. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY AND BATTERY PACK. LIGHTS WORK NORMAL.
Part: CHARGER — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 34,604 hrs · 29,432 cycles
WIRE BROKEN ON EMER EXIT SEAT LIGHTS SEAT 28 DEF MID AFT CABIN EMER LIGHTS INOP. SPLICED WIRES AT SEAT 28DEF AND REPLACED BATT CHARGER AND BATT PER MM, CHECKS OK.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (CABIN) · airframe 34,582 hrs · 29,413 cycles
ON LAYOVER FOUND EMERGENCY TRACK LIGHTING INOP FROM SEAT ROW 16 - 25. REPLACED PWR SUPPLY MLL36 FOR SEAT ROWS 16 - 21 AND FUSE FOR SEAT ROWS 22 - 25. ALL TRACK LIGHTING CHECKS GOOD AT THIS TIME.
1999
Part: ENGINE — FAILED (NR 1)
NR 1 OIL TEMP UNCONTROLLABLE DID NOT EXCEED RED BAND BEFORE ENG WAS SHUTDOWN. MAINTENANCE IN PROGRESS A/C PREPARED FOR FERRY FLT TO ATL. REPLACED ENGINE.
Part: SKIN — DENTED (BS 927)
THE FUSELAGE SKIN AT FS 927 AND STRINGER 21L WAS BADLY DENTED. THE SKIN WAS CUT OUT TO REMOVE THE DENT AND AN UNDERLYING SECTION OF STRINGER AND TEAR STRAP WERE CUT. THE STRINGER WAS REPAIRED PER THE B727 SRM. THE TEAR STRAP WAS REPAIRED WITH AN INTERNAL ALUMINUM REPAIR DOUBLER AND THE SKIN WAS REPAIRED WITH AN EXTERNAL ALUMINUM DOUBLER. THE REPAIRS WERE ACCOMPLISHED PER ER/A 366407-14, REV A.
1998
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOP (FLT CREW)
ON LAYOVER CHECK, FOUND F/C EMERGENCY LIGHTS- TRACK LIGHTING INOP. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY.
Part: BATTERY PACK — DISCHARGED (CABIN)
OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHT SIGN INOP IN MID CABIN OVERWING EXITS. REPLACED BATT PACK PER M/M.
Part: FLOORBEAM — CRACKED (BS 665)
WING/CENTER WING BOX/FLOORBEAM, STA 665, BL 0.07, REPAIR FOR UPPER CAP AND WEB CRACKS. CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE WING CENTER SECTION BL 0.07 FLOORBEAM AT STA 665. THE UPPER CAP OF THE BEAM WAS COMPLETELY SEVERED AND THE WEB AND WEB DOUBLER WERE FOUND WITH A 4 INCH CRACK AT THE SAME LOCATION. THE DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED PER BAC S/B 737-57-1210 AS DOCUMENTED IN ER/A 364760-14, REV B.
Part: FLOORBEAM — CRACKED (BS 665)
THE UPPER CAP OF THE BL 0.07 CENTER WING BOX FLOORBEAM WAS FOUND SEVERED AT STA 665. THE WEB AND WEB DOULBER WERE ALSO FOUND CRACKED AT THIS LOCATION. THE BEAM WAS REPAIRED PER BAC S/B 737-57-1210 AND DOCUMENTED PER ER/A 364760-14, REV A.