Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
June 15, 2018
Submitted
June 18, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N448AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36356
Aircraft time
8,861 hours, 2,990 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27E
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
18049
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
8,868 hours, 2,993 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

NR 2 START VALVE OPEN REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER ENGINE START. ACFT GROUNDED. PERFORMED AN OPS CHECK OF THE START VALVE, VISUALLY WATCHED THE VALVE`S OPERATION, NO DEFECTS NOTED, START VALVE LIGHT OPERATED NORMALLY, CAN NOT DUPLICATE. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE START VALVE IAW AMM 80-11-03, OPS TESTED GOOD. NORMAL ENGINE START VALVE INDICATION CLOSE AFTER START.