Service difficulty report · Shutoff Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 12, 2008
Submitted
February 14, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N579AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35187
Aircraft time
3,742 hours, 1,149 cycles
Part
Shutoff Valve
Part number
32145525
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Beed Air Sys
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

LEFT DUCT PRESSURE INDICATOR FLUCTUATED DURING CLIMBOUT AT 3 SECOND INTERVALS. INITIALLY 35 PSI TO 55 PSI, ABOVE 10 000' 35 PSI TO 50 PSI. FLUCTUATION QUIT APPROACHING FL190. BOTH INDICATORS FLUCTUATED TOGETHER THEN SETTLED OUT. PERFORMED NR 1 ENGINE BLEED AIR REGULATOR AND PRSOV HEALTH CHECK. PRSOV FAILS HEALTH CHECK. REPLACED PRSOV & BLEED AIR REGULATOR. OP CHECKED BLEED AIR CONTROL SYSTEM. OP CHECKS OK NO FLUCTUATIONS OR ABNORMAL INDICATIONS.