What was found
DURING AN ROUTINE INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE BLEED VALVE WAS STICKING. BLEED VALVE HAD 317.2 TSO.
- Difficulty date
- March 19, 2019
- Submitted
- May 29, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N545PH
- Make and model
- Hughes 369E
- Aircraft serial
- 0536E
- Aircraft time
- 8,726 hours, 22,889 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20B
- Engine time
- 10,752 hours, 6,954 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7532 · Compressor Bleed Valve
- Part
- Bleed Valve
- Part number
- 23053176
- Part serial
- FF21414
- Condition
- Sticks
- Location
- Engine
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.