Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date
May 28, 2004
Submitted
June 2, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805AM
Make and model
Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial
26272
Aircraft time
33,261 hours, 13,070 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
28,105 hours, 11,115 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
MA20A10011
Part serial
S121698
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Engine
Part time
17,094 hours, 6,229 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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM, LT ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN AND (FUEL CONT) AND (SPAR VALVE) LIGHTS TURNED ON. STATUS DISPLAY MESSAGES, APU PERFORMANCE AND ABNORMAL STATUS WERE CHECKED, ALL CORRECT. LT SPAR FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE WAS OPERATED MANUALLY AND IT WAS WITH FAILURE. START ENGINE WAS PERFORMED AND (SPAR VALVE) LIGHT CONTINUED ON. SPAR VALVE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 28-22-11 AND TESTED IAW MM 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT.

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