Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 73776Q

Difficulty date
October 9, 2011
Submitted
October 11, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N997AM
Make and model
Boeing 73776Q
Aircraft serial
30283
Aircraft time
29,877 hours, 17,689 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B20
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
32913903
Part serial
GRTU8595
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
15,110 hours, 7,621 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING TRANSIT CHECK, DETECTED A FUEL LEAK IN THE RT ENGINE WITH 60 DROPS PER MINUTE. MX PERSONNEL PERFORMED REVISION DETECTING THE TRANSIENT BLEED VALVE WITH LEAK WITHIN OPERATION LIMITS IAW MM 71-71-00 PAGE 6, DISPATCHING THE AIRCRAFT IN SUCH CONDITION. AT MEX, MX PERSONNEL REPLACED THE TRANSIENT BLEED VALVE IAW MM 75-23-01 AND OPS TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT.

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