Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
October 1, 2001
Submitted
December 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N779UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26941
Aircraft time
21,973 hours, 4,309 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Engine time
20,168 hours, 3,962 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
8198021
Part serial
F11639
Condition
Seized
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
E, J, A

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF IDLE. DIVERTED TO CCS. LEFT ENGINE WENT INTO SUB-IDLE STALL ACCOMPANIED BY STATOR VANE FAULT MSG. LATER DURING DESCENT TO DIVERSION STATION, ENG FAIL MSG ILLUMINATED & FLIGHT CREW SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND MADE A SINGLE-ENGINE LANDING. MAINT REPLACED THE STATOR VANE ACTUATOR (SVA), ENGINE PASSED ALL INSPECTIONS & RUN-UPS AND WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE REMOVED ACTUATOR, WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY MODIFIED PER SERVICE BULL. 75-10, WAS SENT TO THE OEM HAMILTON-SUNDSTRAND FOR INVESTIGATION. HS RPTD THAT THE LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSDUCER (LVDT) WITHIN THE SVA WAS SEIZED & THE FLAT PIN FRACTURED.