Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
October 29, 2020
Submitted
October 30, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N472AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
60580
Aircraft time
21,071 hours, 6,637 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27E
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
16991
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
21,071 hours, 6,637 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

AFTER STARTING NR 2 ENGINE, START SWITCH CENTERED. HOWEVER START VALVE OPEN LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED & 3 PACK LIGHTS ON NR 2 ENGINE ALL FLASHED YELLOW. RAN QRH FOR START VALVE OPEN. START VALVE OPEN LIGHT REMAINED ON. LIGHT WENT OUT WHEN ISOLATION VALVE WAS SELECTED TO AUTO WITH APU BLEED ON. GROUNDED-YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 RT ENGINE START VALVE, PER TASKS 80-11-03-000-801 AND 80-11-03-400-801. BONDING JUMPER RESISTANCE CHECKS GOOD, PER SUB TASK 80-11-03-700-001-F00. ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE RUN POWER PLANT TEST TASK 71-00-00-800-811, OPERATIONS CHECK GOOD, LEAK CHECK GOOD.