Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
February 6, 2020
Submitted
February 19, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N495AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
41728
Aircraft time
15,681 hours, 5,014 cycles
Engine
Cfmint CFM567B27E
Part
Connector
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 2 Hmu
Part time
15,719 hours, 5,029 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

#2 THE FMV POSITION SIGNALS DISAGREE MSG # 73-30352. SHORT TERM FAULT. 50 FLT HRS DEFERRED FOR T/C # 78273000. GROUNDED - YES. FAULT 73-30352 NOT LOGGED ON LAST 0-5 FLTS. REF B737-900 FIM 73-25 TASK 804 - PERFORMED ONLY INITIAL EVAL TEST OF EEC TEST - GOOD. DUE TO HISTORY OF CH A, B AND BOTH CH'S FAULTS, CONTINUED WITH SAME FIM. UPON REMOVAL OF HMU CONNECTORS DP0501 AND DP0601, FOUND HMU SIDE OF SAME ELEC CONNECTORS WET WITH FUEL SEEPAGE FROM AROUND PINS. REMOVED AND REPLACED #2 ENGINE HMU REF T/C #N8473000 AND T/C #N8473001. PERFORMED TEST 12,13,3A; LEAK CHECK GOOD, NO FAULT ON ACTUATOR AND EEC TESTS.