Service difficulty report · Csd · Boeing 747238B

Difficulty date
October 31, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N163UA
Make and model
Boeing 747238B
Aircraft serial
21353
Engine
Pwa JT9D7J
Part
Csd
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Component
Sundstrand · 705117L
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, NR 1 ENGINE CSD OUT TEMP PEGGED FULL HOT. COULD NOT DISCONNECT CSD. SHUT DOWN NR 1 ENGINE AND DIVERTED TO DEN. *S/D* DISASSEMBLY OF THE CSD REVEALED THE UNIT HAD SEVERE HEAT DAMAGE. THE DISCONNECT SOLENOID WAS FOUND TO BE FUNCTIONAL. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURES THE WIRE SOLDER CONNECTIONS HAD BEEN MELTED LEAVING THE DISCONNECT FUNCTION INOPERATIVE. THE CSD WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.