Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
July 29, 2009
Submitted
August 5, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N667UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
29239
Aircraft time
38,963 hours, 10,873 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Valve
Part number
S343T00339
Part serial
39025
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AFTER NORMAL ENGINE START ON LT ENGINE WHILE STARTING RT ENGINE, LT ENG AUTO SHUTDOWN. LT FUEL SPAR VALVE EICAS MSG, AS WELL AS ENG FUEL AND ENG SPAR VALVE LIGHTS ON PEDESTAL. REPORTED BY CREW. SAMC TEXT: C-B 'FUEL VALVE RT SPAR' P6-1 PNL GRID E01 CYCLED, NO HELP. DID A ELECT CONT CHECK ON SPAR VALVE CONNECTOR OK. DID VISUAL TO SEE IS VALVE IS OPERATING. RAN BOTH ENGINES NUMEROUS TIMES COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. IN SFO FOUND NR 1 ENG SPAR VALVE ACTUATOR BAD, SMB WORKING SPAR VALVE REPLACEMENT. SFO CLEARING MESSAGE AND WORK CALLOUTS.