Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 30, 2013
Submitted
May 2, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N529AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35198
Aircraft time
12,313 hours, 3,775 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B273
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
3644
Condition
Slow
Location
Nr1 Engine
Part time
70,132 hours, 33,755 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE UNUSUALLY SLOW TO START, TOOK APPROX 50 LONGER TO START THAN NORMAL ANS NR 2 ENG. THE TIME FROM ENG START GROUND SELECTION TO N2 ROTATION SLOW. FIRST HALF OF START SEQUENCE SLOW FROM N2 ROTATION TO 12 N2 VERY SLOW. SECOND HALF FROM 12 N2 ROTATION TO 25 N2 ROTATION NORMAL. AFTER START NR 2 ENG PARAMETERS COMPLETELY NORMAL NO OTHER UNUSUAL OBSERVATIONS DURING TAXI- TAKEOFF- CLIMB- OR CRUISE NOTICED. ACFT GROUNDED. VERIFIED ENG NR 1 SLOW TO SPOOL TO 25 ALSO START VALVE SLOW TO OPEN. ACCOMPLISHED FIM TASK 80-05, TASK 806 STEP A TO F3A NO FAULTS. R & R NR 1 ENG STARTER VALVE AS REQUIRED. LEAK CHECKED GOOD REF AMM 80-11-03-400-801-F00. RAN NR 1 ENG. OPS CHECKED GOOD.