Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
November 13, 2000
Submitted
March 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N336US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23233
Part
Valve
Part number
32145525
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
28,175 hours
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, M
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 9228 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM CLT, BETWEEN 13,000 - 14,000 FEET, THE NR 2 ENGINE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW FOLLOWED PROCEDURES FOR THIS AND THEN HAD TO SHUTDOWN THE NR 2 ENGINE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO FIELD AT CLT WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TOTAL SINGLE ENGINE TIME WAS 10 MINUTES. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 2 ENGINE PRSOV VALVE LEAKING. REMOVED AND REPLACED PRSOV VALVE PER MM 36-00-00. RAN ENGINE AT TAKEOFF POWER FOR 10 MINUTES. NO FAULTS NOTED. LEAK CHECK GOOD. (M)