Service difficulty report · Clamp · Boeing 747228F

Difficulty date
January 11, 2004
Submitted
July 14, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N536MC
Make and model
Boeing 747228F
Aircraft serial
21576
Part
Clamp
Condition
Broken
Location
Rn 2 Bleed Valve
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEFT WING OVERHEATED TWICE ON CLIMB-OUT AND THEN IN CRUISE. COMPLETED CHECKLIST TO ISOLATE LEFT WING WITH ONLY NR 2 ENGINE PYLON VALVES OFF, AND ISOLATION VALVE OPEN. FOLLOWING CLIMB FL320 TO FL350 WITH NR 1 AND NR 2 ENGINES BLEED VALVES CLOSED AND LEFT AND RIGHT ISOLATION VALVES OPEN WITH BOTH AIRCRAFT PACKS VALVES OPEN, LEFT WING OVERHEAT REOCCURRED. AS PER CHECKLIST COMPLETELY ISOLATED LEFT BLEED MANIFOLD FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. FOUND NR 2 PYLON BLEED AIR VALVE AFT CLAMP BROKEN, BLEED AIR LEAKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED CLAMP IAW MM 36-11-04. LEAK CHECK GOOD. NO OVERHEAT INDICATION NOTED AND NO OVERHEAT DAMAGE NOTED. OVERHEAT TESTED IAW MM 36-22-01, OPERATION CHECK GOOD. (M)