Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 30, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N559AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35178
Aircraft time
16,181 hours, 4,856 cycles
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
3612
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
50,710 hours, 36,677 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 ENG START WITH START SWITCH IN GRD NO START VALVE OPEN OR N2 INDICATION ON ENG NR 1. ENG NR 2 START NORMAL. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE START VALVE LEAK CHECKED AND TEST GOOD IN REF AMM 80 11 03 000 801 AND AMM 71 00 00 700 821.