Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
July 14, 2018
Submitted
July 17, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N535AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35200
Aircraft time
29,257 hours, 8,521 cycles
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
4750
Condition
Sticking
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
4,991 hours, 2,974 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

ON START NR 2 ENG START VALVE REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER START - START SWITCH RELEASED - START VALVE OPEN LIGHT REMAINED ON. GROUNDED - YES. FOUND START VALVE ENG NR 2 PHYSICALLY STICKING. REPLACED NR 2 ENG START VALVE REF AMM 80-11-03. OPS CHECK GOOD. LEAK CHECK GOOD. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL.