Service difficulty report · Bypass Valve · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
January 16, 2007
Submitted
January 23, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N933UW
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27199
Part
Bypass Valve
Part number
27N10952
Part serial
E092
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
45,425 hours, 18,512 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

CLT FLT 722 EN ROUTE CLT TO BWI. ON APPROACH, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS SLOW TO EXTEND. FLIGHT ABORTED APPROACH AND MADE A GO-AROUND. CREW LOWERED THE GEAR BY USING THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAINTENANCE FERRIED TO PHL. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE NLG SEQUENCE VALVE BYPASS VALVE.

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