Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 1, 2012
Submitted
August 17, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N529AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35198
Aircraft time
9,298 hours, 2,960 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B273
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
12584
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
9,300 hours, 2,961 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER START OF NR 1 ENGINE, START VALVE FAILED TO CLOSE FOR LONGER THAN NORMAL. BEFORE FINISHING CHECKLIST, VALVE CLOSED ON ITS OWN. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND NR 1 ENGINE START VALVE RATCHETING AND WILL NOT SPRING BACK CLOSED SMOOTHLY. R & R NR 1 ENGINE START VALVE REF MM 80-11-03. LEAK & OPS NORMAL REF MM 71-00-00 TEST 1 & 3A. GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL.