Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
February 28, 2010
Submitted
March 1, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N221UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30552
Aircraft time
35,731 hours, 4,523 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
32907449
Part serial
430
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt 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

LT FAN AIR MODULATION VALVE (FAMV) INOPERATIVE AND LOCKED IN THE FULL OPEN POSITION. NO TIME TO FIX, DF'D IAW MEL. REPLACED LT FAMV. RAN ENG AT IDLE AND TESTED VALVE. VALVE OPS CHECK NORMAL.