Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
October 12, 2023
Submitted
October 16, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35686
Aircraft time
57,311 hours, 16,970 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
32912142
Part serial
5469
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Part time
2,918 hours, 4,135 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AT BRAKE RELEASE TIME, BOTH PACKS WERE AUTO AND APU BLEED OPEN, NO DUCT PRESSURE. CYCLED BOTH PACKS OFF, APU BLEED CLOSED, THEN CONFIGURED TO NORMAL. HAD 20 PSI DUCT PRESSURE. ONCE PACKS WERE TURNED ON DUCT PRESSURE WENT TO 0. CYCLED AN ADDITIONAL TIME AND HAD ERATIC DUCT PRESSURE AND WENT TO TURN PACKS TO AUTO AND DUCT PRESSURE WENT TO 0 AGAIN. GROUNDED - YES. (RESOLVED ON W/O: 1965951 TASKCARD: N/R-00006 ) REMOVED AND REPLACED BLEED AIR VALVE PER AMM TASKS 49-52-11-000-801 AND 49-52-11-400-801. GROUND VERIFIFCATION PASSED. APU BITE PROCEDURE PERFORMED TASK 49-61-00-700-801 NO DEFECTS NOTED. THIS CLEARS MEL 49-7C. PROCEDURE REVERSED AND PLACARD REMOVED. SEAMC DAVE NOTIFIED CN 12058589.