Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
February 27, 2004
Submitted
March 23, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N221UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30552
Aircraft time
10,344 hours, 1,493 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Engine time
11,351 hours, 2,803 cycles
Part
Idg
Part number
MR24121
Part serial
10242
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 2
Part time
14,980 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

RIGHT GEN EICAS MSG, DISCONNECTED RIGHT GEN AND STARTED APU. CREW OBSERVED EICAS ADVISORY MSG, ELECT GEN DRIVE R, WITH MAINT MSG (LOW FREQ & LOW OIL PRESS), WHICH ILLUMINATED GEN DRIVE LIGHT. DISCONNECTED IDG. SHOP RECORDS INDICATED OVERHAUL 4/02. ON-WING INSTALLATION ON 7/02. LOW FREQ & LOW OIL PRESS MAINT MSG OBSERVED WITH FAULT INDICATES LOW OIL QTY COULD CAUSE FREQ DROP. SHOP INDICATED SUFFICIENT OIL QTY & DIP TEST INDICATED NO LEAKS FROM UNIT, NOR ANY OTHER INTERNAL COMPONENT FOUND TO HAVE CAUSED LOW FREQ. UNIT WAS OIL SERVICED 2 DAYS PRIOR TO FAULT. SHOP FINDINGS WERE NFF AFTER 6,325 HRS IN OPERATION. UNIT WILL BE OH'ED, TEST STAND OPERATED AT VENDOR. SUBSEQUENT CORR ACT, REPLACE IDG.