Service difficulty report · Controller · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
November 25, 2010
Submitted
December 6, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N590UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28708
Aircraft time
51,430 hours, 14,329 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Controller
Part number
33990046U2
Part serial
63
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

LT DUCT PRESSURE FLUCTUATES DURING DESCENT. ON DESCENT LT PACK FLUCTUATE 20-35 PSI. BLEED INOP. REPLACED LT ENG PRSOV IAW MM, NO HELP. REPLACED HI STAGE PILOT CONTROLLER & OVERTEMP SENSOR. ENG RUN ACCOMPLISHED & FAILED. ACCOMPLISHED HEALTH CHECK OF PRSOV & HPSOV. FOUND NORMAL PARAMETERS. REPLACED REVERSE FLOW CHECK CONTROLLER DUE TO DIAPHRAGM LEAKAGE. ENGINE RUN CHECK FOUND NORMAL. ACCOMPLISHED PNEUMATIC TEST ON NR 1 ENGINE. ALL RPMS, PARAMETERS WITHIN LIMITS IAW JRH & MATCHED WITH RT ENGINE, LOAD - NO LOAD. DUCT PSI FOLLOWS BLEED SWITCH, ON & OFF. NR 1 ENGINE, REVERSE FLOW PILOT VALVE HAS BEEN REPLACED FOR FLUCTUATIONS IN ENGINE PNEUMATIC PRESSURE. RUN ENG UP TO BLEED SHIFT 80+- 5 PERCENT FOR 2 MIN AND VERIFY ALL PARAMETERS ARE WITHIN JHR. AT ALL RPMS, PARAMETERS WITHIN LIMITS IAW JRH & MATCHED WITH RT ENGINE, LOAD - NO LOAD. DUCT PSI FOLLOWS BLEED SWITCH, ON & OFF. BLEED SHIFT OK SEVERAL RUNS.