Service difficulty report · Engine · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 18, 2002
Submitted
August 20, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N535UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25130
Aircraft time
38,042 hours, 13,960 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
33,245 hours, 12,474 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Power Loss
Location
Nr 2
Part time
29,924 hours, 3,808 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

POWER LOSS IN NR 2 ENGINE. THE TEST ON THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT P/N 779100-5, S/N F22470 EXHIBITED SEVERAL PARAMETERS THAT WERE OUT-OF-LIMITS. HOWEVER NONE WERE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE SURGE EXPERIENCED ON-WING. FURTHERMORE, THE TESTS FOUND OUT OF SPEC ARE TYPICAL OF UNITS THAT HAVE ACCRUED NEARLY 10,000 FLIGHT HOURS. FUEL PUMP IS ALSO BEING DISASSEMBLED AND NO NOTICEABLE FAILURES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.