Service difficulty report · Warning System · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 7, 2002
Submitted
March 18, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N772UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26930
Aircraft time
29,962 hours, 5,969 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Warning System
Condition
False Activation
Location
Fuel System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ENGINE FUEL FILTERS ON LT & RT DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE ACROSS LT FUEL FILTER APPROACHES BYPASS CONDITION. STATUS ENGINE FUEL FILTER DISPLAYED AFTER TAKE-OFF. REMAINED ON FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS. FUEL CONTAMINATION CHECKS WERE MADE AT FUELING STATION, NO CONTAMINATION. BOTH FUEL FILTERS WERE REPLACED, SOME DEBRIS FOUND, BUT BELIEVED INSUFFICIENT TO CAUSE BYPASS. ONE FILTER WAS FLOW CHECKED. MAX DELTA-P ACROSS THE FILTER WAS 3 PSID; INSUFFICIENT TO TRIP THE DELTA-P SWITCH. BOTH DELTA-P SWITCHES WERE CHECKED. CLOSED AND OPENED WITHIN SPEC. SWITCHES WERE DISASSEMBLED - NO ANAMOLIES FOUND.