Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 23, 2005
Submitted
March 29, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N537UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25157
Aircraft time
45,725 hours, 16,808 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Overheat Loop
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

LANDED UNDER AMBER ALERT DUE TO NR 2 ENGINE OIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT. DETECTED A BROKEN SHIELD WIRE AT OIL FILTER SWITCH CONNECTOR. RETURNED TO ORD DUE TO NR 2 ENGINE OVERHEATED AND SHUTDOWN. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE CREW REPORTED NR 2 ENGINE OVERHEAT INDICATION AT CLIMB. CREW SHUT DOWN NR 2 ENGINE PER QRC. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE OVERHEAT DETECTION SYSTEM. FOUND NR 2 ENGINE CORE DETECTOR M1122, LOOPS A & B WITH LOW RESISTANCE SHORT TO GROUND. REMOVED AND REPLACED OVERHEAT DETECTOR CORE LOOPS A & B. ENGINE OVERHEAT DETECTION SYSTEM TESTED NORMAL. REPAIRED SHIELD WIRE. REPLACED OIL FILTER AND DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH.