Service difficulty report · Isolation Valve · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
April 27, 2010
Submitted
April 28, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N220UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30223
Aircraft time
37,071 hours, 4,600 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Isolation Valve
Part number
32907706
Part serial
144
Condition
Locked
Location
Bleed Air Sys
Stage of operation
NR
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

BLEED ISLN VALVE RIGHT BLEED ISOLATION VALVE NOT IN COMMANDED POSITION. MESSAGE WAS LATCHED. TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO UNLATCH, NO HELP. RESEATED CONNECTOR ON VALVE AND MSG CLEARED. MSG RETURNED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. VALVE LOCKED IN OPEN POSITION PER MEL REF 3612G. REPLACED VALVE. ACP ISO VALVE TESTS IAW MM.