Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 2, 2010
Submitted
November 9, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N518AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35693
Aircraft time
6,370 hours, 1,906 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
32144464
Part serial
11370
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
6,396 hours, 1,907 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
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

DUCT PRESSURE SPLIT LEFT PRESURE STEADY AT 19 TO 20 PSI RIGHT PRESSURE VARIABLE 34 TO 45 PSI MOST OF FLIGHT BETWEEN 38 TO 43. FOUND BOTH THE BLEED AIR REGULATOR AND PRSOV OPERATING AT THE EDGE OF LIMITS WITH PRESSURE APPLIED REF MM 36 11 00 700 801. REPLACED PRSOV REF MM 36 11 04 000 AND 400 801. REPLACED BLEED AIR REGULATOR REF MM 36 11 03 000 400 801. INSTALLATION TEST GOOD. VERIFICATION FLIGHT UNSUCCESSFUL. REPLACED LT ENG PRECOOLER CONTROL VALVE AND SENSOR PER AMM 36 12 01 PB401 AND AMM36 12 03 PB401. REPLACED 490 F OVER TEMP SWITCH PER AMM 36 11 08 PB 401. REPLACED LT ENG HIGH STAGE VALVE AND PRSOV PER AMM 36 11 04 PB 401 AND AMM 36 11 06 PB 401. PERFORMED SYSTEM LEAK CHECK USING APU AIR PER AMM 36 11 00 700 802, NO LEAKS NOTED PERFORMED REPAIR COMFIRMATION TEST PER FIM TASK 36 10 00 810 807, NO DUCT SPLIT NOTED.