Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 15, 2011
Submitted
February 23, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N590AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35687
Aircraft time
11,584 hours, 3,616 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
32144464
Part serial
10605
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
11,614 hours, 3,627 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

EXCESSIVE ENGINE BLEED DUCT PRESSURE SPLIT EXCEEDS 20 PSI. FOUR HOURS INTO CRUISE FLIGHT AT 37 000 N1 =91.4/91.6 WING & ENG ANTI ICE OFF ISOLATION VALVE AUTO PACKS AUTO LEFT BLEED INDICATED 42 PSI RIGHT BLEED INDICATED 19 PSI. SAT 43 C N2= 94.6/94.8 EGT 716/709 APPX 0410Z TIME. NOTE: DURING CLIME OBSERVED APPX 19 PSI SPLIT BUT HOURS LATER IN CRUISE CONSISTENTLY SAW APPX 23 PSI SPLIT. PERFORMED ENGINE BLEED AIR CROSSOVER OPERATIONAL TEST SYS CHECKS GOOD IAW NG PT2 AMM 36-11-00-710-801. REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE HIGH STAGE VALVE NR 2 ENGINE HIGH STAGE REGULATOR AND NR 2 PRECOOLER CONTROL VALVE.