Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
July 21, 2018
Submitted
July 23, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N435AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
43292
Aircraft time
19,069 hours, 6,302 cycles
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
15578
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
19,071 hours, 6,303 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 LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER STARTER CUTOUT. START SWITCH WENT TO OFF (NORMAL CUTOUT) BUT LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. GROUNDED - YES. INSPECTED NR 2 ENG START VALVE. NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS. VALVE OPERATES SMOOTHLY CONNECTOR SECURE. STARTED ENGINE. START NORMAL. REF AMM 71-00-00. ENGINEERING REQUEST, REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE START VALVE REF AMM 80-11-03. OPS CHECK GOOD.