Service difficulty report · Lug · Boeing 7879

Difficulty date
April 10, 2019
Submitted
April 15, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N829AN
Make and model
Boeing 7879
Aircraft serial
40651
Aircraft time
7,309 hours, 740 cycles
Part
Lug
Condition
Broken
Location
Terminal Block
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS RECEIVED L1 AC BUSS MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF COMMUNICATION, BOTH HF AND GPDLC AND SATCOM. AIRCRAFT SQUAWKED 7700 AND DECLARED MAYDAY AND RETURNED TO LAX. MAINTNENANCE FOUND FEEDER CABLE LUG TERMINAL BROKEN ON BLUE WIRE AT PYLON TERMINAL BLOCK TS16111 AFT PYLON STRUT AREA. (SEE SERVICE LETTER 787-SL-24-039-A). REPLACED WIRE TERMINAL LUGS AND TERMINAL BLOCK TS16111 DUE TO ARCING IAW SWPM 20-30-13 & 20-30-14. OPS CHECK GOOD. SEE SDR # AALA20190410001.

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