Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
February 15, 2008
Submitted
February 20, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N175DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
24803
Aircraft time
83,851 hours, 12,597 cycles
Part
Valve
Condition
Overheated
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O AT JFK, AFT AND MID SMOKE DET WENT OFF, SMELL ALL OVER CABIN WAS NOTICED STRONG ENOUGH TO RETURN TO JFK. SMOKE AND FUMES REMOVAL AND ELEC SMOKE CKLIST RUN TO NO AVAIL. ELECTRICAL SYS TURNED OFF, NO EFFECT TAXIED TO GATE. INSP GALLEYS/CHILLERS-COFFEE MAKERS-OVENS-LAVS. REMOVED AFT AND FWD CARGO AFT BULKHEADS. INSP EXHAUST FANS, LAV WASTE VENT FANS-RECIRC FANS-GASPER FAN, NO PROBLEM FOUND. INSPECTED A/C BAYS, FOUND LEFT BAY MID ZONE TRIM VLV OVERHEATED. REMOVED AND REPLACED MID ZONE TRIM VLV. OPS CK OK. TAXIED A/C NO FAULT FOUND. PERF IFSDCK 1/2 ENGS. NO FAULT FOUND.