Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 17, 2014
Submitted
September 19, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N566AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35182
Aircraft time
29,669 hours, 9,003 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
11526
Condition
Sticking
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
21,720 hours, 6,431 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

NR 1 ENGINE START VALVE OPEN LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER ENGINE START. START SWITCH CUTOUT NORMALLY. START VALVE OPEN LIGHT EXTINGUISHED WHEN THE APU BLEED VALVE WAS CLOSED. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND START VALVE NR 1 ENGINE STICKING OPEN. REPLACED START VALVE IAW AMM 80-11-03-400-8001, NO LEAKS NOTED, STARTED NR 1 ENG NORMAL.