Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
December 17, 2016
Submitted
December 19, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N565AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35181
Aircraft time
38,372 hours, 11,645 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Egt System
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER SETTING CLIMB POWER EGT INDICATION ON ENG NR 1 CLIMBED TO THE AMBER BAND 925 DEG. DISENGAGED AUTO THROTTLES & REDUCED THRUST, EGT DECREASED BUT REMAINED 150 DEG ABOVE NR 2 AT CRUISE POWER. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS NORMAL. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED FIM 71-06 TASK 804. FOUND FAULT 77-20861 "THE BOTTOM LEFT EGT SIGNAL (T49.5S3) IS OUT OF RANGE" AND 77-20871 "THE TOP LEFT EGT SIGNAL IS OUT OF RANGE (T49.5S4) BOTH LONG TIME FAULTS. PERFORMED FIM 77-21 TASK 804 AND 803. INITIAL READINGS BEFORE CLEANING FOR T49.5: S1-84.50 S22-48.62 S3 - S4 820.50. CLEANED EGT NR 1 SYSTEM CONNECTORS AND PERFORMED T49.5 PROBE AND EGT SYSTEM INSPECTION REF AMM 77-21-01 & 77-21-00. AFTER CLEANING T49.5 READ: (RUNNING) S1-417.75, S2-398.25, S3-421.75 AND S4-400.87. ALL RESISTANCE/MEG CKS WITHIN LIMITS. EEC BITE SHOWS NO FAULTS AFTER CLEANING. EGT NORMAL DURING RUN. REF DEFECT 11634373 FOR EEC FMC/CDU FAULT RE-CHECK IN 10-20 CYCLES. ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM GROUND VERIFICATION SUCCESSFULL.