Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
February 23, 2006
Submitted
February 28, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N210UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30216
Aircraft time
20,724 hours, 4,862 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Bleed Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CL
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

ON CLIMBOUT RECEIVED -BLEED OFF ENG L- EICAS MESSAGE. AT CRUISE, RESET LEFT ISO VALVE AND LEFT ENG BLEED VALVE. BLEED RESTORED 6 MINUTES THEN -BLEED OFF ENG L- MESSAGE AGAIN WITHOUT ISO VALVE CLOSING. TEMPERATURE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT ORD. TESTING OF REMOVED SENSOR IN SHOP REVEALED NO FAULTS FOUND. PER BOEING, INTERMITTENT TEMP SENSOR FAILURE HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF BLEED SYSTEM SHUTDOWN. SUSPECT UNIT HAS BEEN SHIPPED TO HONEYWELL FOR VIGOROUS TERSTING AND SCRAPPAGE. UNIT WILL BE REPLACED NO-CHARGE UNDER WARRANTY. AIRCRAFT HAS EXPERIENCED NO RELATED WRITEUPS IN THE 5 PLUS WEEKS SINCE THE INCIDENT.