Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
July 1, 2003
Submitted
July 15, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N205UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
28714
Aircraft time
19,053 hours, 2,969 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Wire Harness
Part number
420990
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Idg
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A, J

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

What was found

GENERATOR FAILED PRIOR TO ETOPS ENVIRONMENT. A PRIOR ON FINAL APPROACH TO SFO ON 6/30/2003. LEFT IDG WAS REPLACED AND OPERATIONAL CHECKED NORMAL. THE SIMILAR PROBLEM OCCURRED IN FLIGHT FROM SFO-KIX ON 7/1/2003 WITH THE AIRCRAFT RETURNING TO SFO. PERFORMED WIRING CHECK OF ROLS FROM GCU PER FIM24-11, TASK 807. RESERVICED AND RECONNECTED THE IDG. RAN ENGINE PER JRH AND OPERATIONAL CHECKED OF THE GENERATOR WAS NORMAL. PERFORMED VERIFICATION FLIGHT EN ROUTE TO DEN. PROBLEM REOCCURRED ON DESCENT TO DEN. THE WIRE W0623-2959B-20 WAS FOUND SHORTED. THE HARNESS WAS REPLACED AT SFO. RAN ENGINE & OPERATIONAL CHECKED IDG. SHOP CONFIRMED WIRE FAILED SHORTED TO GROUND OR SHIELD.