Flight crew experiences strut overheat.

Attributes
ACN	317138
Time
Date	199509
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zoa
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 16000 msl bound upper : 16000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zoa
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : other oceanic enroute : pacific enroute airway : zoa
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 20072 flight time type : 11000
ASRS Report	317138
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : overcame equipment problem
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Experienced #3 strut overheat on climb out yap to ror. Light out on power reduction. Complied with company operating procedure. Continued to ror with bleed off. Captain and maintenance in guam and houston agreed to return with #3 bleed placarded off as per MEL xx-yy-zz. #3 engine bleed air shut-off valve inoperative closed. My best judgement after review with maintenance and MEL was that it was legal to placard #3 bleed inoperative and return to guam. Not sure of FAA position.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC EXPERIENCES STRUT OVERHEAT.

Narrative: EXPERIENCED #3 STRUT OVERHEAT ON CLBOUT YAP TO ROR. LIGHT OUT ON PWR REDUCTION. COMPLIED WITH COMPANY OPERATING PROC. CONTINUED TO ROR WITH BLEED OFF. CAPT AND MAINT IN GUAM AND HOUSTON AGREED TO RETURN WITH #3 BLEED PLACARDED OFF AS PER MEL XX-YY-ZZ. #3 ENG BLEED AIR SHUT-OFF VALVE INOP CLOSED. MY BEST JUDGEMENT AFTER REVIEW WITH MAINT AND MEL WAS THAT IT WAS LEGAL TO PLACARD #3 BLEED INOP AND RETURN TO GUAM. NOT SURE OF FAA POS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.