Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
June 16, 2016
Submitted
June 20, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N594AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35191
Aircraft time
31,872 hours, 9,635 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
32144464
Part serial
10873
Condition
Failed
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
30,023 hours, 9,468 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT, THE PACT DUCT PRESSURE SHOWED A SPLIT OF RT=42, LT=8PSI UP TO APPROXIMATELY FL280 THEN SHOWED A SPLIT OAT TOC RT=42PSI, LT=32. ONCE STABLE AT CRUISE THEY SHOWED EQUAL AT 40 PSI. DUCT PRESSURES REMAINED EQUAL THROUGHOUT REST OF FLIGHT. ACFT GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED PNEUMATIC SYS T/S, REF AMM 36-11-00-700-804. FOUND HI-STAGE VALVE STUCK HALFWAY OPEN AND PRSOV LEAKING. R & R HSV AND PRSOV. GROUND VERIFICATION TESTS, OPS AND LEAK CHECKS OK, REF AMM 36-11-06/400.