SDR EIA200637

Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Boeing 747212B

Difficulty date
March 21, 2006
Submitted
April 10, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N485EV
Make and model
Boeing 747212B
Aircraft serial
20712
Aircraft time
105,137 hours, 25,590 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7J
Engine time
72,607 hours, 25,795 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
7479558
Part serial
75881
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Engine
Part time
2,984 hours, 653 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHEN PACKS TURNED ON AFTER T/O, COCKPIT FILLED WITH ACIDIC, SWEET FUMES. ISOLATED PACKS AND BLEED AIR VALVES, WAS UNABLE TO ISOLATE SOURCE. RETURNED TO FIELD. FOUND ENGINE EVC OUT OF TRIM. TRIMMED PER 747MM 71-00-00 TEST 8, PG 580C GROUND RAN FOR 1.5 HOURS WITH NO FURTHER SMOKE OR FUMES NOTED.

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