Service difficulty report · Start Valve · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
June 29, 2011
Submitted
July 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N648UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25285
Aircraft time
80,079 hours, 12,886 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Start Valve
Part number
S332T00213
Part serial
181
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NR 1 ENG START VALVE WILL NOT OPEN USING COCKPIT START SWITCH. REPLACED OF LEFT ENGINE START SWITCH, NO HELP START VALVE DOES NOT OPERATE. REPLACE NR 1 ENG START VALVE AND RESEATED NR 1 ENG N2 SPEED CARD, ENG STARTS NORMAL AND START SWITCH OPERATION NORMAL.