Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
July 10, 2001
Submitted
July 31, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N769UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26921
Aircraft time
25,015 hours, 4,967 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Control Unit
Part number
15441003
Part serial
188C
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Rt Flaperon
Part time
25,047 hours, 4,973 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

45 MINUTES OUT FROM JFK (JFK-LHR) EICAS MESSAGES FOR FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND FUEL FILTER. RETURN TO JFK. FUEL DUMPED. A FLIGHT CONTROL SYS EICAS STATUS MSG WAS CAUSED BY THE RT OUTBD FLAPERON MSG 2710303 PCU DOES NOT FOLLOW COMMAND. MAINT PERFORMED FIM TASK 27-11-817 WITH TEST PASS. RT OUT FLAPERON PCU WAS REPLACED 7/13/01. AIRPLANE HAS REPORTED NO FURTHER FLIGHT CONTROL PROBLEMS.