Service difficulty report · Bypass Valve · Boeing 737808

Difficulty date
April 9, 2012
Submitted
April 27, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N859AM
Make and model
Boeing 737808
Aircraft serial
32796
Aircraft time
31,543 hours, 10,641 cycles
Part
Bypass Valve
Condition
Stuck
Location
Nlg Steering
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ACFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM DUE TO DURING TAXING THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS STUCK. MX PERSONNEL PERFORMED THE FIM32-51 TASK 808, DETECTING THE BYPASS VALVE STUCK; SO THE VALVE ASSY WAS LUBRICATED IAW FIM TASK 32-51-00-200-801, TESTED CORRECT.