Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 737500

Difficulty date
September 27, 2017
Submitted
September 30, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N732KA
Make and model
Boeing 737500
Aircraft serial
25065
Aircraft time
45,480 hours, 39,123 cycles
Part
Start Valve
Part number
32896302
Part serial
3527
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

START VALVE ON RIGHT ENGINE WAS INTERMITTENT OR SLOW TO OPEN WHEN START WAS INITIATED. REPLACED START VALVE AND OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL.

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