Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
September 9, 2004
Submitted
September 14, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N182UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
25279
Aircraft time
56,780 hours, 7,088 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Valve
Part number
125334D1
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cross Feed
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 2 CROSS FEED VALVE CLOSED AND UNABLE TO USE FUEL IN NR 2 RSV TANK. VALVE BODY COULD NOT BE DRIVEN OPEN BY THE ELECTRICAL ACTUATOR. VALVE BODIES ARE FLOWN TO FAILURE. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO OF THESE VALVE BODIES REPLACED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS WITH AN MTBUR OF 786,875. THIS HIGH REMOVAL FIGURE IS DUE TO THE LARGE POPULATION OF THESE VALVES ON THE 757, 767 AND 747 FLEETS. 9/29/04- FLEET EG PARTICIPATED IN A UNIT TEST AND TEAR DOWN OF THE CROSSFEED VALVE UNIT MR28202 S/N 85402. THE VALVE BUTTERFLY SHAFT O-RINGS WERE AGED AND SWELLED, CREATING SLUGGISH ROTATION OF THE SHAFT.