Service difficulty report · Valve · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
January 31, 2005
Submitted
February 4, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803ML
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49726
Aircraft time
42,092 hours, 24,653 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Engine
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 AS A CONSEQUENCE OF AFTER ENGINES STARTED, EICAS MESSAGES "L ENG BLEED OFF" AND "PACK BITE" WERE SHOWN. CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT PURGE VALVE OF RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT OPEN, RESTARTED RIGHT ENGINE AND THE PURGE VALVE OPENED NORMALLY. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE THE FIM 36-10-00 PROCEDURE WAS PERFORM AND SYSTEM WAS TESTED IAW MM 36-10-09, ALL CORRECT.

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