Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 11, 2013
Submitted
November 13, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N596AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35688
Aircraft time
21,130 hours, 6,597 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

DURING ENGINE START NR 1 ENGINE EGT GAUGE VERY ERRATIC. PRIOR TO IGNITION VALUES OF ZERO TO 175 DEGREES. AFTER IGNITION VERY SLOW TO RESPOND. NO EVIDENCE OF EGT ROLLBACK. AFTER START DISPLAYED 50 DEGREES BELOW NR 2 ENGINE. ACFT GROUNDED. BITE CHECK OF NR 1 ENGINE RECENT FAULTS LOGGED 77-10851 FOR LEGS 0,1, AND 3. T 495 VALUES S1-67.11, S2-610.36, S3-44.12, S4-75.33. FOUND HIGH RESISTANCE ON LOWER RT SEGMENT BETWEEN J AND CJ HARNESSES AT DP0911 AND DP0901. CLEANED AND RECONNECTED. RESISTANCE VALUES WITHIN LIMITS. EEC BITE TEST PASSES. RAN BOTH ENGINES. EGT INDICATIONS STEADY AND EGTS STABILIZED AT 463 DEGREES C AT IDLE, REF FIM TASK 77-21/802.