Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
December 21, 2008
Submitted
December 23, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N675UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
29243
Aircraft time
30,410 hours, 8,003 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Valve
Part number
32C171
Part serial
7557
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 2 Boost Pump
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

NR 2 ENG FAILS FUEL SUCTION FEED OP CK ON OUTBOUND CARD. AFTER APPROX 1.5 MINUTES AND ALL FUEL PUMPS OFF, ENG STARTS TO SURGE, N2 DROPS OFF, ENG VALVE LIGHT ON PEDESTAL (BE LOW FUEL CUTOFF) FLICKERS, ENG WAS SHUT DOWN AT THAT POINT. MADE SECOND ATTEMPT WITH EXACT SAME RESULTS. ALL IDLE RUNS PRIOR TO THIS WERE NORMAL. REPLACED NR 2 BOOST PUMP BYPASS CHECK VALVE. LEAK EXISTS IN THE FUEL FEED LINE IN THE R MAIN TANK. AFTER BYPASS VLV TO MANI-FOLD LINE O-RING REPLACED IN RT TANK, NR 2 ENG PASSED FUEL SUCT FEED JC OPS CK; RAN FOR 5 MIN, OPS GOOD.