Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
February 17, 2019
Submitted
May 29, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N545PH
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0536E
Aircraft time
8,647 hours, 22,541 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Engine time
10,674 hours, 6,878 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
23053176
Part serial
FF29669
Condition
Stuck
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PILOT WAS RUNNING ENGINE ON THE GROUND AND THE COMPRESSOR STARTED STALLING. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THE ENGINE BLEED VALVE WAS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. BLEED VALVE HAD 103.4 TSO. BLEED VALVE WAS CHANGED OUT AND THE ISSUE WENT AWAY.

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