Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 757230

Difficulty date
June 17, 2022
Submitted
June 27, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N688SL
Make and model
Boeing 757230
Aircraft serial
25140
Aircraft time
99,950 hours, 25,676 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Engine time
80,547 hours, 22,323 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
32289518
Part serial
0443
Condition
Faulty
Location
L Eng
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING INITIAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, LEFT ENGINE EGT WENT TO 661 DEGREES. ENGINE DID NOT STABILIZE DURING CLIMB (AIR RETURN). REMOVED AND REPLACED 14TH STAGE BLEED CONVERTER VALVE PER AMM 75-32-03. PERFORMED ENG RUN PER AMM 71-00-00. OPS CHECK OK, ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.