Service difficulty report · Ram Air Turb · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
July 18, 2014
Submitted
August 11, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N967AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35312
Aircraft time
896 hours, 138 cycles
Part
Ram Air Turb
Part number
7000011H07
Part serial
AAP5000165
Condition
Deployed
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Part time
144 hours, 17 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED OF FLIGHT DUE TO DURING CLIMB, THE EICAS MESSAGE RAT EXTEND & RAT UNLOCKED LIGHT TURNED ON, WITH THE LANDING GEAR LEVER IN UP POSITION. DURING MAINTENANCE REVISION, THE RAM AIR TURBINE WAS FOUND EXTENDED. ACFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR & THE NRC A0219103, A0219104 & A0219105 WERE ISSUED TO CORRECT THE REPORT. THE RAM AIR TURBINE WAS REPLACED IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-29-21-01-00A-520A-4 & DMC-B787-AA-29-21-01-00A-720A-A & THE RAM DOOR WAS ADJUSTED IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-29-21-07-00A-271A-A, TESTED CORRECT. PERFORMED OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-05-51-01-00B-311A-A, NO DAMAGES WERE FOUND.

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