Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 767222

Difficulty date
February 24, 2002
Submitted
March 14, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606UA
Make and model
Boeing 767222
Aircraft serial
21867
Aircraft time
71,834 hours, 18,255 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Engine time
59,210 hours, 15,732 cycles
Part
Actuator
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Lt Engine
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

AFTER T/O PROIR TO POWER REDUCTION LT ENG SURGED 1.3 TO 1.9 EPR FOR 30 SECONDS, THROTTLES STEADY, ALL NORM UNTIL TOP OF CLIMB, AT LEVEL OFF, THROTTLES STEADY, SMALL SURGE 15 SECONDS, LATER IN CRUISE SMALL OSCILLATIONS IN EPR FRM 1.28 TO 1.30. DIVERTED TO ORD. THE 3.0 BLEED ACTUATOR WAS TRIMMED FOR A SIMILAR DISCREPANCY. DURING TRIM, A PROBLEM WAS ENCOUNTERED WITH THE ACFT WIRING FOR THE TRIM EQUIP. THE 3.0 BLEED ACTUATOR WAS FOUND OUT OF TRIM AGAIN. THE EVBC WAS ALSO FOUND OUT OF TRIM. AN EXTERNAL WIRE HARNESS WAS USED FOR TRIMMING, DUE TO CONCERNS OF THE RELIABILITY OF ACFT WIRING. BOTH COMPONENTS WERE TRIMMED. THE 3.0 BLEED ACTUATOR AND EVBC WERE REPLACED PRECAUTIONARY.