Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 28, 2003
Submitted
January 7, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N552UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26641
Aircraft time
44,902 hours, 13,036 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Connector
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Rt Engine
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

RIGHT ENG PRI CONT AND AUTO THROTTLE EICAS STATUS MESSAGE. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE ENTIRE WIRING SYSTEM, A SMALL WIRE-LIKE FILAMENT WAS FOUND CROSSED BETWEEN TWO PINS INSIDE AN EEC CONNTECTOR. UPON CLEANING THE CONNECTOR AND RE-POSITIONING THE PINS, TESTS WERE OK. EEC REMOVED AND SENT TO THE SHOP FOR TESTING. NO FAILURE RESULTS.