Service difficulty report · Fcu · Boeing 767222

Difficulty date
November 10, 2001
Submitted
December 18, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606UA
Make and model
Boeing 767222
Aircraft serial
21867
Aircraft time
70,958 hours, 18,070 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Engine time
58,334 hours
Part
Fcu
Condition
Out Of Adj
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ENGINES DO NOT ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE EVENLY CAUSING EXCESSIVE AUTO-THROTTLE HUNTING. RIGHT SIDE DECELERATE MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN LEFT AND REQUIRES HALF KNOB SPLIT NEAR IDLE TO MATCH N1'S SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE THIS IS CAUSED BY EITHER A FAULTY TOTAL TEMPERATURE (TT2) SENSOR, OR THE FUEL CONTROL(FCU) DECELERATION(DECEL) SCHEDULE BEING TO CLOSE TO THE ENGINE'S STEADY STATE OPERATING LINE. THE FCU WILL CYCLE THE 3.0 AND 3.5 BLEEDS, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE FCU DECEL SCHEDULE AND THE ENGINE OPERATING LINE, WHICH CAUSES POWER FLUCTUATIONS. THIS POWER FLUCTUATION IS CORRECTED BY EITHER REPLACING THE TT2 SNSOR OR ADJUSTING THE FCU DECEL SCHEDULE AWAY FROM THE STEADY STATE OPERATING LINE.