Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
January 8, 2012
Submitted
January 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N566AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
19,113 hours, 5,928 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
32144464
Part serial
10938
Condition
Stiff
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
11,169 hours, 3,357 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
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

DURING DESCENT AT 5000 MSL POWER IDLE L A/C DUCT PRESS 13 PSI WHEN POWER INCREASED TO APPX 60 PERCENT N1 L&R DUCT PRESS NORMAL AND CLOSELY MATCHED. ACCOMPLISHED PNEUMATIC SYS TROUBLESHOOTING PER AMM 36 11 00 700 804. FOUND HI STAGE VALVE STIFF. ACCOMPLISHED LEAK CK OF ENG BLEED AIR SYS SENSE LINES PER AMM36 11 00 101. NO LEAKS NOTED. REPLACED HI STAGE VALVE PER AMM 36 11 06 400 801. PERFORMED IDLE RUN, OPS NORMAL.