Service difficulty report · Check Valve · Boeing 747243B

Difficulty date
August 18, 2006
Submitted
September 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N540MC
Make and model
Boeing 747243B
Aircraft serial
22508
Aircraft time
97,068 hours, 16,673 cycles
Engine
Ge CF650E2
Engine time
60,968 hours, 11,124 cycles
Part
Check Valve
Part number
3202544
Part serial
211
Condition
Ruptured
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

AFTER V1, NR 1 ENGINE LOOP FAULT FORWARD AND LIGHT ILLUMINATED, B-LOOP AT ENGINE PANEL AT 9.0 A-LOOP AT 6.5, VISUAL INSPECTION, LOWER BLOW DOOR OPEN. CHAPTER 5 DUCT SEPARATION INSPECTION REQUIRED ON NR 1 ENGINE. FOUND 8TH STAGE CHECK VALVE RUPTURED, REMOVED AND REPLACED VALVE AND MANIFOLD COMPARTMENTS PER AMM 36-11-01. LEAK CHECKED GOOD, PWR ASSURANCE RUN PER 71-00-00 SATISFACTORY. ENGINE NR 1 INSPECTED PER AMM 5-51-86 FOUND SATISFACTORY.