Service difficulty report · Anti-Ice Valve · Boeing 7373G7

Difficulty date
August 24, 2009
Submitted
August 27, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N154AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373G7
Aircraft serial
23776
Part
Anti-Ice Valve
Part number
672906002
Part serial
08860357
Condition
Stuck
Location
Rt Wing
Part time
43,292 hours, 27,185 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PHX - AT THE GATE, DURING BOARDING PROCESS, CREW IN COCKPIT WAS ALERTED BY GROUND CREW THAT SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT WING. CAPTAIN CONFIRMED SMOKE COMING OUT OF WING AND ADVISED PASSENGERS TO DEPLANE THE AIRCRAFT. THE CRASH/FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED OUT TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RIGHT WING ANTI-ICE VALVE HAD STUCK OPEN CAUSING BLEED AIR TO ROUTE TO WING AND SMOKE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE VALVE PER MM 30-11-11-4. ALSO, COMPLIED WITH AIRPLANE STRUCTURE INSPECTION PER MM 05-51-34-2 AND NDT MANUAL 51-00-00, PAGE 6, FIGURE 3. NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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