What was found
FOUND LEADING EDGE BYPASS VALVE (V10059) LEAKING, CRACKED CASTING. CRACK (FATIGUE) IN CASTING. REPLACED LEADING EDGE BYPASS VALVE.
- Difficulty date
- September 17, 2008
- Submitted
- October 15, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N550UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25398
- Aircraft time
- 63,838 hours, 18,512 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 2700 · Flight Control System
- Part
- Bypass Valve
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Wing
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.