Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 19, 2010
Submitted
April 21, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
36482
Aircraft time
4,504 hours, 1,330 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
32895625
Part serial
11727
Condition
Failed
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
4,498 hours, 1,323 cycles
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

CLIMBING THRU FL 330 DISCOVERED SPLIT OF 23SPI. AT FL370 LEFT DUCT IS 43PSI RIGHT IS 21PSI. N1 AT 91 PERCENT N2 AT 94.4 SAT= 44C TAT= 16C. ENGINES ARE MATCHED PARAMETERS OTHER THAN DUCT PRESSURE. PRESSURIZATION NORMAL. DUCT PRESSURES CONVERGED TO SAME PRESSURE OF 42 PSI AFTER 1.5 HOURS. PERFORMED ENG BLEED AIR SYS HEATH CHECK & PRECOOLER CONT. VLV SYS HEATH CHECK REF MM 36 11 00 700 801 & 36 12 00 700 801. FOUND THE PRECOOLER CONTROL VALVE FAILING TEST G 14. REPLACED PRECOOLER CONT VLV REF MM 36 12 02 RE-ACCOMPLISHED PRECOOLER CONT VLV TEST & VLV NOW CHECKS GOOD. ENG BLEED AIR SYS, ALL CHECKS GOOD.