Service difficulty report · Anti-Ice Valve · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
August 9, 2007
Submitted
January 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N210CJ
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
210
Aircraft time
32,156 hours, 37,439 cycles
Engine
Ge CT79B
Engine time
21,782 hours, 24,042 cycles
Part
Anti-Ice Valve
Part number
32248122
Part serial
GRTB5071
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LT ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL AT 10,000 FEET MSL DURING CRUISE. NORMAL CRUISE POWER SETTING TEMPS NORMAL, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. POPPING SOUND AND DROP IN TORQUE STARTED. ITT WAS HIGH FOR TORQUE SETTING AFTER POPPING SOUND. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING OF ENGINE STALL IAW CT7 M/M TABLE 101. FOUND ANTI-ICE BLEED VALVE STICKING AND HARD TO MOVE. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT ENGINE ANTI-ICE VALVE FOR TROUBLESHOOTING IAW GE MM 75-00-00. FOUND ACTUATOR BINDING AND ROUGH TRAVEL, PN ON/OFF 3224812-2, SN OFF GRTB5071, SN ON GRTB7045. PERFORMED OPS CHECK OF LT ANTI-ICE BLEED VALVE IAW 72-00-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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