Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 21, 2009
Submitted
July 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28749
Aircraft time
45,408 hours, 12,606 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
32144882
Part serial
59
Condition
Faulty
Location
Left
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEFT BLEED AIR PRESS FLUCTUATING FROM 20 TO 40 PSI DURING DESCENT. TROUBLESHOT PER MM. UNABLE TO DETECT ANY FAILURE MODES. REPLACED PRSOV AS A PRECAUTION.