Service difficulty report · Regulator · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
August 3, 2017
Submitted
August 7, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N419AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41734
Aircraft time
17,394 hours, 5,726 cycles
Part
Regulator
Part number
1074926
Part serial
9472
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Bleed Sys
Part time
34,773 hours, 12,362 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

RIGHT & LEFT BLEED DUCT PRESSURES SPLIT BY GREATER THAN 20 PSI IN CRUISE. RIGHT = 44 LEFT = 22 AT FL 340/ .79M, ENGINE BLEEDS ON, APU BLEED OFF, TAI OFF, PACKS AUTO. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED BLEED SYSTEM HEALTH CHECK IAW TC NG-36WC-00001. FOUND BLEED AIR REGULATOR AND PRECOOLER CONTROL VALVE BAD. REPLACED BLEED AIR REGULATOR IAW AMM 36-11-03. REPLACED PRECOOLER CONTROL VALVE IAW AMM 36-12-02. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE BLEED CROSSOVER OPS TEST WITH NO PRESSURE SPLIT NOTED IAW AMM 36-11-00-710-801.