Service difficulty report · Terminal · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 11, 2020
Submitted
February 20, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
39043
Aircraft time
44,163 hours, 13,138 cycles
Part
Terminal
Condition
Loose
Location
Nr 1 Start Switc
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

#2 ENG ON START START VALVE DID NOT AUTO-CLOSE, HAD FLASHING "START VALVE OPEN" DISPLAY. MANUALLY TURNED START SWITCH OFF. START OTHER WISE NORMAL & ENGINE INDICATIONS NORMAL. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED START SWITCH TEST FOR #2 ENGINE S267 START SWITCH PER B737-800 AMM 80-11-00-730-801-F00 - ALL TESTS PASS. START SWITCH INPUTS TO BOTH DEU-1 AND DEU-2 ARE CORRECT. AT #2 ENGINE START VALVE CONNECTOR DP1201, FOUND SOCKET TENSION OF ALL SOCKETS TO BE MARGINAL AND SOCKET #5 TENSION EXCESSIVELY LOOSE. REMOVED AND REPLACED #2 ENGINE MW0312 HARNESS PER AMM 71-51-03-000-801-F00/AMM 71-51-03-400-801-F00. REFERENCE AMM 71-00-00-800-811-F00 POWERPLANT TEST TABLE - PERFORMED EEC TEST PER AMM 73-21-00-700-804-F00 AND POWERPLANT TEST #12 (ACTUATORS TEST) PER AMM 71-00-00-700-807-F00 - ALL TESTS PASS.