Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 4, 2017
Submitted
December 6, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N535AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35200
Aircraft time
26,998 hours, 7,852 cycles
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
13193
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
23,050 hours, 6,736 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

2 ATTEMPTS TO START NR 2 ENGINE START VALVE FAILED TO OPEN. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED REPLACED NR 2 START VALVE REF AMM 80-11-03, COMPLETED OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK REF AMM 71-00-00 RAN NR 2 ENGINE TO VERIFY START VALVE CUT OUT.