Service difficulty report · Motor · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
July 21, 2015
Submitted
September 1, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35311
Aircraft time
5,835 hours, 766 cycles
Part
Motor
Part number
CA72711005
Part serial
01802
Condition
Failed
Location
Spoiler
Part time
5,835 hours, 766 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING TRANSIT CHECK, IT WAS DETECTED MSG IN EICAS & STATUS OF FLIGHT CONTROLS & SPOILERS WERE NOT FOLLOWED THE COMMAND. PERFORMED REVISION AT FLIGHT CONTROLS SYS IAW DMC B787-A-27-61-18-00A-720A-A, DETECTING THE SPOILER ELEC MOTOR UNIT POSITIONS 4, 5, 10 & 11 WITH FAILURE. THE SPOILER ELEC MOTOR UNIT POSITIONS 4, 5 & 11 WERE REPLACED IAW DMC B787-A-27-61-18-00A-720A-A. THE ELECTRO MECHANISM ACTUATORS POSITION 4 & 11 WERE REPLACED IAW DMC-B787-A-27-61-16-00A-520A-A & DMC-B787-A-27-61-16-00A-720A-A. THE SPOILER ELEC MOTOR UNIT POSITION 10 WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 27-61-02 CAT C & MSG NR AMX-AMX-15-0612-06B. THE SPOILER ELEC MOTOR UNIT POSITION 10 WAS REPLACED IAW DMC B787-A-27-61-16-00A-520A-A, DMC-B787-A-27-61-16-00A-720A-A & FIM DMC B787-A-27-50-F1-H9A-421A-A PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED, NO CONFIRMING FAILURE.

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