Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
September 25, 2015
Submitted
September 28, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N534AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35202
Aircraft time
18,867 hours, 5,539 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Loose
Location
Anti Ice Valve
Part time
39,058 hours, 11,815 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

INTERMITTENT DIM FLASHING OF LT ANTI-ICE COWL VALVE OPEN LIGHT ON CLIMBOUT WITH ENGINE ANT-ICE SWITCH OFF. UPON ENCOUNTERING ICING CONDITIONS, THE SWITCH AND LIGHT OPERATED NORMALLY AND NO FURTHER FLASHING OCCURRED IN EITHER SWITCH ON OR OFF POSITION THE REST OF THE FLIGHT. WHILE WE HAD THE INITIAL PROBLEM, THERE WAS NO ANTI-ICE INDICATION ABOVE THE N1 GAUGES ON THE UPPER D/U. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND CONNECTOR DP1303 EXTREMELY LOOSE, CLEANED, GVI, RANGE 1 COWL TAI VALVE CKS GOOD THEN RE-CONNECTED REF WDM 30-21-11. ACCOMPLISHED NR 1 ENG COWL ANTI-ICING. OPS TEST REF MM 30-21-00, OPS CK GOOD NO HISTORY.