Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
July 12, 2019
Submitted
July 12, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N468AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41735
Aircraft time
19,931 hours, 6,523 cycles
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
16241
Condition
Sticking
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
19,931 hours, 6,523 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
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

REPORTS OF #2 ENGINE START VALVE IS SLOW TO CLOSE OR STICKING PRI: 2ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED & REPLACED #2 ENGINE START VALVE REF AMM 80-11-03. PERFORMED START VALVE TEST IAW POWER PLANT TEST REFERENCE TABLE REF AMM 71-00-00. OPS TEST GOOD.