An ERJ145 captain performed a slow speed reject because the EICAS alerted bld vlv 1 fail and at the ...

Narrative:

Powered up for takeoff roll and as the thrust levers hit the detent; received the EICAS message: bld vlv 1 fail. As this was prior to 80 KTS (don't think airspeed even registered yet) I decided to abort. We alerted tower who gave us taxi instructions. As there was no problem taxiing the airplane; I accepted the instructions and notified maintenance. [I] was advised to call maintenance control at headquarters which I did and was talked through a runup that failed to yield the desired results. I was instructed by maintenance control to return to the gate. We called station maintenance then called operations and notified them. Received a gate and returned. Operations didn't want to deplane until maintenance checked things out. Maintenance said it was a cracked high stage valve. It was replaced and we left this time uneventfully. The piece just happened to break at that time. I don't believe anyone was at fault here; sometimes mechanical things just break and I'm just glad it was a low speed event.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An ERJ145 Captain performed a slow speed reject because the EICAS alerted BLD VLV 1 FAIL and at the gate the cracked high stage bleed valve was replaced.

Narrative: Powered up for takeoff roll and as the thrust levers hit the detent; received the EICAS message: BLD VLV 1 FAIL. As this was prior to 80 KTS (don't think airspeed even registered yet) I decided to abort. We alerted Tower who gave us taxi instructions. As there was no problem taxiing the airplane; I accepted the instructions and notified Maintenance. [I] was advised to call Maintenance Control at headquarters which I did and was talked through a runup that failed to yield the desired results. I was instructed by Maintenance Control to return to the gate. We called Station Maintenance then called Operations and notified them. Received a gate and returned. Operations didn't want to deplane until Maintenance checked things out. Maintenance said it was a cracked high stage valve. It was replaced and we left this time uneventfully. The piece just happened to break at that time. I don't believe anyone was at fault here; sometimes mechanical things just break and I'm just glad it was a low speed event.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1004401
Time
Date	201204
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pneumatic Valve/Bleed Valve
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

An ERJ145 captain performed a slow speed reject because the EICAS alerted bld vlv 1 fail and at the gate the cracked high stage bleed valve was replaced.