Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 12, 2017
Submitted
February 14, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N568AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35183
Aircraft time
38,159 hours, 11,685 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
3966081
Part serial
2568
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt A/C Pack
Part time
38,157 hours, 11,684 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

DURING TAXI, ACFT IN NORMAL BLEED CONFIGURATION, THE NR 1 ENGINE TAKEOFF N1 WAS 90.5, NR 2 ENGINE TAKEOFF N1 WAS 89.9 ON FMC. ACFT GROUNDED. STARTED BOTH ENGINES AND FOUND NUMBERS ON FMCS TO BE THE SAME ON DEFECT. DISCRETES WOULD NOT CHANGE ON LT PACK FMC CDU WITH PACK SWITCH SETTING CHANGE. PERFORMED ALTERNATE DEACTIVATION PROCEDURES IAW CH 5 TABLE 3 ITEM 1. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LT FLOW CONTROL AND SHUTOFF VALVE IAW AMM 21-51-01-000/400-802/805. OPS TEST GOOD NO LEAKS NOTED. ACFT GROUND VERIFICATION GOOD FMCS DISCRETES MOVED WITH PACK SWITCH CHANGE. ALTERNATE DEACTIVATION PROCEDURES REVERSED. IAW AMM 34-61-00-730-801 FOR FMC DISCRETE POSITIONS.