- Difficulty date
- August 7, 2012
- Submitted
- August 24, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N590UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 28708
- Aircraft time
- 57,961 hours, 16,227 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- Part
- Start Valve
- Part number
- 8113901
- Part serial
- 14
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Lt Engine
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- 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
LEFT ENGINE START VALVE FAILED TO OPEN. REPLACED START VALVE, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.