Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
March 11, 2007
Submitted
March 20, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N661UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27158
Aircraft time
59,877 hours, 9,804 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Flt Management
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FMC DOES NOT AUTO-TUNE. PERFORMED EXTENSIVE TROUBLE SHOOTING. FINALLY FOUND PIN 11 (CONNECTION ON 429 DATA BUS WIRE) OF D4821P SHORTED TO GRND BETWEEN CONNECTOR AND RELAY BASE (SHORT TO SHIELD) OF K2066. THIS IS RED, DATA BUSS WIRE LOCATED BEHIND THE E2-SHELF. INSTALLED NEW TWISTED SHIELDED PAIR BETWEEN K2066 AND PLUG D4821P. SHORT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY RECENT MOD WORK IN THIS AREA. CHECKS OK. VERIFICATION FLIGHT TESTED. RETURNED TO ETOPS FLYING.