Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
September 10, 2004
Submitted
September 21, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N658UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27113
Aircraft time
51,681 hours, 8,531 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Electrical Buss
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ELECTRICAL UTILITY BUSS PROBLEM. LT AND RT UTILITY BUSS TRIPPED ABOUT 20 MINUTES OUT. UNABLE TO RESET AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IAD. RELAYS K148 (SYS 1 AIR/GND) AND K10109 (UTIL/GALLEY PWR FLT RESET) WERE REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION. M116 BUSS POWER CONTROL UNIT (BPCU) ALSO REPLACED. THE DIRECT CAUSE OF THEN ANOMALY IS UNKNOWN; HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT RECURRED SINCE REPLACEMENT OF COMPONENTS.