Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 737752

Difficulty date
April 8, 2013
Submitted
April 15, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N908AM
Make and model
Boeing 737752
Aircraft serial
30038
Aircraft time
25,017 hours, 9,204 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
32913903
Part serial
6RTU5104
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
29,024 hours, 14,649 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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, IT WAS DETECTED A NICK IN A FAN BLADE OF THE LT ENGINE. MX PERSONNEL PERFORMED REVISION DETECTING THE NICK WITHIN OPERATION LIMITS IAW MM 72-21-02. THE LEFT ENGINE FAN BLADE WAS REPAIRED IAW AMM 72-21-00 PARAGRAPH G (3) FIGURE 801, ALL CORRECT.