Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
December 13, 2008
Submitted
December 17, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N655UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25393
Aircraft time
68,696 hours, 11,227 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Engine time
62,690 hours, 9,886 cycles
Part
Bleed Valve
Condition
Excess Play
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 1 ENGINE 2.5 BLEED VALVE HAS EXCESSIVE PLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RING. ALSO FOUND METAL SHAVINGS IN RING AREA AROUND 3 O`CLOCK POS. REPLACED ESN 724666 WITH ESN 727987 IN POS 01.