Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 6, 2009
Submitted
March 10, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
36482
Aircraft time
278 hours, 93 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
3966081
Part serial
3579
Condition
Faulty
Location
Lt Ac Pack
Part time
278 hours, 93 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ON TAXI OUT N1 RPM VALUES WERE SPLIT BY .7 (NR 1 ENG 86.1 NR 2 ENG 86.8). N1 CARROTS WERE ALSO SPLIT. LEFT PACK VALVE FAILED TO OPEN TWICE WHILE OPERATING. PERFORMED FLOW CONTROL & SHUTOFF VALVE TEST REF MM 21 51 01 STEP G, ALL TESTS GOOD. PERFORMED ENG RUN & ACCESSED THE DISCRETES PAGE FROM THE FMC'S & VERIFIED OVER 35 TIMES THAT THE LEFT & RIGHT PACKS TURN ON & OFF WITH SWITCH AND VERIFIED THE PACKS ARE ACTUALLY OPERATING & VERIFIED THE N1 CARROTS MATCH. ALSO PERFORMED BITE CK OF BOTH ACAU'S NO FAULTS FOUND. VERIFICATION FLIGHT SUCCESSFUL. OPS NORMAL.