Service difficulty report · Shutoff Valve · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
April 11, 2010
Submitted
April 19, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N213UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30219
Aircraft time
34,872 hours, 7,695 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A66
Part
Shutoff Valve
Part number
32153024
Part serial
73
Condition
Faulty
Location
Position 1
Stage of operation
NR
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

BLEED HPSOV L LT ENGINE BLEED HIGH PRESSURE SHUTOFF VALVE (HPSOV) FAILED OPEN OR CLOSED, OR LT AIR SUPPLY AND CABIN PRESSURE CONTROLLER FAILURE. DUE TO FLIGHT CREWS REPORTING 'BLEED PRSOV L' STATUS MESSAGE WITH NUMEROUS COMPONENTS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED, ACP PNEUMATIC HEALTH CHECK. ALSO REF MT 36-UA01 FOR CHRONIC PRSOV ISSUES. ACP WRENCH CHECK OF ALL FITTINGS AT PRSOV, PRSOVC, HPSOV, HPSOVC, & CONTROLLER AIR COOLER FOR FALSE TORQUE. PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO SENSE LINES & MUSCLE LINES FOR LEAKS AS WAS IDENTIFIED IN DF712. HPFAC (2), PRSOVC (2), ASCPC, & PRSOV REPLACED RECENTLY. ACP'D WRENCH CK OF ALL FITTINGS AT PRSOV,PRSOVC,HPSOV,HPSOVC AND CONTROLLER AIR COOLER. PRESSURE CK'D MUSCLE SENSE LINE FOR CONTROLLERS FROM ENGINESOURCE AT PNEUMATIC DUCT AT ENGINE ANTI-ICE VLV, SENSE LINES 118169 HELD PRESSURE. ACP'D PNEUMATIC HEALTH CK ON PRSOV SYS AND HPSOV SYS IAW MM. PRSOV, PRSOVC PASSED TEST. HPSOVC PASSED TEST. HPSOV FAILED TEST DUE TO BUTTERFLY VLV BINDING AND NOT OPENING COMPLETELY AT 10 PSI MUSCLE LINE PRESSURE. R & R NR1 ENG HPSOV IAW MM. RETESTED NEW HPSOV AND HPSOVC, TEST PASSED AND VALVE OPERATED SMOOTHLY.