Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 21, 2011
Submitted
September 23, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35186
Aircraft time
17,153 hours, 5,194 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
32144464
Part serial
5335
Condition
Faulty
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
38,478 hours, 19,360 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

DUCT PRESSURE SPLIT IN CLIMB BETWEEN 31 000 & 37 000 FT LEFT NEEDLE INDICATED 20 PSI, RIGHT NEEDLE INDICATED 42 PSI. IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT 37 000 FT RIGHT NEEDLE CONTINUED TO INDICATE 42 PSI & LEFT NEEDLE INDICATED 25 PSI. NEEDLES GRADUALLY CAME TOGETHER IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT ABOUT 30 PSI EACH. ALSO ALIGNED AT DESCENT AT 22 PSI. ACCOMPLISHED TASK 36 11 00 700 804 FOUND LEFT ENGINE HIGH STAGE VALVE NOT OPERATING SMOOTHLY. REPLACED NR 1 ENG HIGH STAGE VALVE PER M/M 36 11 06 OPS AND LEAK CHECKS GOOD REF M/M 36 11 00 700 801.