Service difficulty report · Shutoff Valve · Boeing 747230B

Difficulty date
August 17, 2011
Submitted
August 17, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N488EV
Make and model
Boeing 747230B
Aircraft serial
23287
Aircraft time
96,488 hours, 17,597 cycles
Part
Shutoff Valve
Condition
Stuck
Location
Dei-Ice System
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

ON POST FLIGHT WALKAROUND, LOUD HISSING WAS HEARD INBOARD OF NR 4 ENGINE AND WING L/E EDGE BULLNOSE ADJACENT TO NR 19 VARIABLE CAMBER L/E FLAP WAS DENTED TOP AND BOTTOM. RIGHT WING PNEUMATICALLY ISOLATED AND HISSING STOPPED. CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALED RIGHT WING THERMAL DEICE S/O VALVE STUCK IN THE MID POSITION AND THE WING WAS TOO HOT TO TOUCH. REPLACED RIGHT L/E THERMAL DEICE VALVE IAW MM 30-11-03. C/W SPECIAL INSPECTIONS 5-51-18 PRESSURE DEICING DUCT FAILURE, 5-51-30 HOT AIR DUCT INSPECTION, 05-51-71 GROUND HANDLING EQUIP HITS AIRCRAFT, 5-51-14 BIRD/HAIL STRIKE CONDITION, AND 05-51-03 SEVERE TURBULANCE CONDITIONAL INSPECTION. REPAIRED RT WING LEADING EDGE AT WS 889.5 AND WBL 692 IAW SRM 57-20-03 FIG 7, UPPER CHORD AND WEB IAW SRM 57-20-03 FIG 7 AND LOWER CHORD IAW SRM 51-40-04 FIG 2.