Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 7378Q8

Difficulty date
December 17, 2013
Submitted
December 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N859AM
Make and model
Boeing 7378Q8
Aircraft serial
32796
Aircraft time
38,159 hours, 13,440 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
32913903
Part serial
GRTU3405
Condition
Leaking
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
10,113 hours, 4,437 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, IT WAS DETECTED A FUEL LEAK IN THE RT ENG WITH 50 DROPS PER MINUTE. MX PERSONNEL DETECTED TRANSIENT BLEED VLV WITH LEAK WITHIN OPERATION LIMITS IAW MM 71-71-00 PAGE 6, DISPATCHING THE ACFT IN SUCH CONDITION. AT GDL, MX PERSONNEL REPLACED THE TRANSIENT BLEED VLV IAW MM 75-23-01 & PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST IAW MM 71-00-00, ALL CORRECT.

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