Service difficulty report · Bleed Valve · Boeing 737201

Difficulty date
March 22, 2001
Submitted
April 18, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N243US
Make and model
Boeing 737201
Aircraft serial
22445
Engine
Pwa JT8D15A
Part
Bleed Valve
Part number
2760000101
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LGA - FLT 2721 - ON TAKEOFF FROM LGA, EN ROUTE TO FLL, THE AUTO THROTTLE DISENGAGED AND THE NR 1 ENGINE EPR PULLED BACK TO 1.88. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT. CONDITIONS WERE A BLEEDS-OFF NON-PRESSURIZED TAKEOFF. THEN ON CLIMB-OUT, AFTER BLEED RECONFIGURATION, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. A MINUTE LATER, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED TO CREW OF SMOKE IN THE MID CABIN. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO FIELD AT LGA. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AS SMOKE DISSIPATED. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED A FULL POWER RUN-UP OF BOTH ENGINES AS PER MM 71-09-231. ALL THROTTLE MOVEMENTS AND EPR INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. HOWEVER, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 2 ENGINE 13TH STAGE BLEED VALVE HUNG UP AND SLO