Service difficulty report · Relay · Boeing 767222

Difficulty date
January 19, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N609UA
Make and model
Boeing 767222
Aircraft serial
21870
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Part
Relay
Part number
D25BD
Condition
Failed
Location
Galley
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LOAD SHED CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED FOLLOWED BY MULTIPLE FWD GALLEY CB TRIPPING. ELECTRICAL ODOR NOTED. DIVERTED TO LAS. *S/D* AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND NO FAULTS WERE FOUND. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE AND HAD SEVERAL EVENTS WHERE THE GALLEY CB POPPED DURING FLIGHT BUT NO OTHER DIVERSIONS. EACH TIME, PHYSICAL AND ELECTRICAL CHECKS WERE ACCOMPLISHED AND NO FAULTS WERE FOUND. LAX ACCOMPLISHED INTENSIFIED TROUBLESHOOTING TO THE SYSTEM AND FOUND THAT RELAY K102 (GROUND SERVICE TRANSFER RELAY) WAS FAULTY. THE RELAY WAS CAUSING VOLTAGE SPIKES THROUGH THE GALLEY POWER SYSTEM RESULTING IN THE POPPED CB. THE RELAY WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN TO DATE WITHOUT FURTHER GALLEY POWER PROBLEMS.