Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 73783N

Difficulty date
February 25, 2014
Submitted
March 10, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N860AM
Make and model
Boeing 73783N
Aircraft serial
28249
Aircraft time
35,873 hours, 17,531 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
1296663
Part serial
12866
Condition
Damaged
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Part time
15,242 hours, 8,519 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED OF FLIGHT DUE TO DURING CLIMB AT 6000 FEET, THE RT PNEUMATIC DUCT PRESS WAS PROPPED 10 PSI WITH PRESS INDICATION OF 10 PSI IN THE RT SIDE & 5 PSI IN THE LT SIDE. THE FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED THE QRH 2.1 PROCEDURE, CONFIRMING THE FAILURE. MX PERFORMED FIM 36-10 TASK 801 DETECTING LT CONTROL PRESS SENSE LINE DAMAGED, SO THE LINE WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 36-11-03, TESTED CORRECT. THE LT PNEUMATIC VLV WAS DETECTED OUT OF SERVICE IAW AMM 36-11-00, SO THE VLV WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 36-5-2 CAT C. THE OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS NOT NECESSARY DUE TO THE ACFT LANDED WITH 60,100 KILOGRAMS & THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LANDING WEIGHT IS 66,360 KILOGRAMS. AT MEX, THE LT PNEUMATIC VLV WAS REPLACED IAW AMM 36-12-02 & ENG BLEED AIR CROSSOVER OPERATIONAL TEST WAS PERFORMED IAW AMM 36-11-00 & THE REPORT WAS CLOSED.

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