Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
May 23, 2013
Submitted
May 29, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N516AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
39044
Aircraft time
17,121 hours, 5,348 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
11408
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr1 Engine
Part time
17,123 hours, 5,349 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ON START NR 1 ENG STARTED WITH A SLOW OPENING START VALVE THEN AFTER IT STARTED THE START VALVE DID NOT CLOSE AND THE AMBER NR 1 ENG INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE FLASHING. ACCOMPLISHED STOP START AND ENG SHUTDOWN LIGHTS EXT. ACFT GROUNDED. REPLACED NR 1 ENG START VALVE REF MM 80-11-03-000-801 FOO AND MM 80-11-03-400-801 FOO. ACCOMPLISHED MM 71-00-00-800-811 IDLE RUN ENG NR1. OPS AND LEAK CK OK.