Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
January 10, 2018
Submitted
February 16, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N965AM
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
35308
Aircraft time
19,044 hours, 2,430 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Failed
Location
Brakes
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM DUE TO A MESSAGE IN EICAS AND STATUS OF AUTO BRAKES AND BRAKE CONTROL WERE SHOWN. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED THE FIM DMC-B787-A-32-40-F2-34A-421A-A PROCEDURE, SHOWING FAILURE CODE BRAKES 42-01863, AUTOBRAKE 32-30530 AND BRAKE CONTROLS 42-01863. THE BRAKE SYSTEM CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED IAW AMM DMC-B787-A-32-42-03-01A-520A/720A-A, TESTED CORRECT.

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