Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
June 26, 2013
Submitted
July 9, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N419AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41734
Aircraft time
951 hours, 292 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
32895627
Part serial
15340
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Precooler
Part time
1,065 hours, 328 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT FLT 350, DUCT PRESSURE SPLIT 22 PSI. IT HAS VARIED BETWEEN 5 & 22 PSI, RT 44 PSI, LT 22 PSI ABOVE 18 PSI AND BELOW 60 PSI. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND PRECOOLER CONTROL VALVE FAILED STEP F5, FAILED TO OPEN WHEN PC IS 3 PSI OR GREATER. REPLACED NR 1 PRECOOLER CONTROL VALVE REF AMM 36-12-02-400-801. PERFORMED INSTALLATION TEST REF AMM 36-12-02-400-801, STEP G, TEST PASSED. PERFORMED ENG BLEED CROSSOVER OPS CHECK IAW AMM 36-11-00-710-801. ALL LEVELS OF N-1 IN NORMAL RANGE.