Service difficulty report · Transformer · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 10, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N775UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26947
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Transformer
Part number
285W00293
Condition
Burned
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING INSPECTION AFTER MAINTENANCE, SMOKE/ODOR NOTICED IN AFT CABIN AREA. NOTICED SMOKE IN CEILING AREA AND REMOVED POWER FROM AIRCRAFT. DURING INVESTIGATION WITH POWER ON AIRCRAFT, FIRE OBSERVED IN OVERHEAD ELECTRONIC UNIT. FIRE EXTINGUISHED WITH HALON EXTINGUISHER. NO DAMAGE FOUND TO WIRING OR SURROUNDING AREA. SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS TRACED TO THE TRANSFORMER IN THE OEU (PART NUMBER 285W0029-3). THE OEU WAS REPLACED. THE OEU IS THE SUBJECT OF BOEING SERVICE BULLETIN 777-23A0027 AND AD 97-23-16. THE AD REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE 3 OEU WITH A NEW -5 UNIT. THE NEW -5 INCORPORATES A NEW TRANSFORMER.