Service difficulty report · Regulator · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 6, 2014
Submitted
June 9, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N516AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
39044
Aircraft time
20,985 hours, 6,469 cycles
Part
Regulator
Part number
1074926
Part serial
13071
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2 Bleed Sys
Part time
12,739 hours, 5,525 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

LEFT PNEUMATIC PRESSURE 20 PSI HIGHER THAN RIGHT PNEUMATIC PRESSURE ON CLIMB, LEFT 40 PSI, RIGHT 20 PSI. IN CRUISE, LEFT 40, RIGHT 25. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING ON THE NR 2 ENGINE PNEUMATIC SYSTEM IAW MG-36WC-00001 AND FIM TASK 36-10, TASK 805. FOUND THE BLEED AIR REGULATOR DEFECTIVE & THE PRECOOLER VALVE DEFECTIVE. REPLACED THE BLEED AIR REGULATOR IAW AMM 36-11-03-400-801. REPLACED THE PRE-COOLER CONTROL VALVE IAW AMM 36-12-02-400-801. PERFORMED THE REPAIR CONFIRMATION IAW FIM TASK 36-10, TASK 805, STEP H. NO DEFECTS NOTED. BOTH NEEDLES PAIRED AT 42 PSI.