Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 73776N

Difficulty date
May 18, 2004
Submitted
May 20, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740AL
Make and model
Boeing 73776N
Aircraft serial
28640
Aircraft time
11,219 hours, 3,095 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
1074925
Part serial
7120
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Eng
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE BLEED VALVE DOES NOT CLOSE. RETURN TO HNL, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED; REQUESTED PRECAUTIONARY FOR OVERWEIGHT LANDING AND POSSIBLE HOT BRAKES. OVERWEIGHT LANDING (147,000 LBS) WITH MINIMUM SINK RATE. WITH ENGINE NR 1 AT IDLE, VERIFIED NR 1 ENGINE BLEED DOES NOT TURN OFF WITH SWITCH POSITION IN OFF. VERIFIED BLEED AIR REGULATOR INOP, REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW AMM 36-11-03-4. OPS CHECK GOOD. VERIFIED 4 EA BRAKES WARM TO TOUCH. OPS CHECK NORMAL IAW AMM 05-51-35-2. PERFORMED OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION PHASE I IAW AMM 05-51-35-2, NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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