Service difficulty report · Indicator · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
September 27, 2000
Submitted
November 8, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N785UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26954
Aircraft time
15,794 hours, 2,493 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Indicator
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Heads Up Display
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT-PASSING 15,000-BOTH ALTIMETER INDICATIONS ON THE PFD''S TURNED AMBER IN COLOR AND SURROUNDED BY AMBER BOX. DIVERTED IAD. *S/D* PER 777 FLIGHT MANUAL PAGE 19-63 FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BAROMETRIC SETTING THE FOLLOWING IS QUOTED THE DISPLAY APPEARS IN A BOX AND CHANGES TO AMBER IF A BAROMETRIC SETTING IS SET AND ALTITUDE CLIMBS ABOVE THE TRANSITION ALTITUDE, OR IF STD IS SET AND ALTITUDE DESCENDS BELOW THE TRANSITION FLIGHT LEVEL. THERE WERE NO MESSAGES OR CORRELATED MESSAGES NOTED. THE M004 AND M009 AIMS MODULES WERE RESET. THE GROUND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE COMPARED WITH OTHER B777 AIRCRAFT AND THEY WERE THE SAME. ALL SYSTEMS RELATED TO THIS INDICATION CHECKED NORMAL. THERE WERE N