Service difficulty report · Acm · Boeing 777224

Difficulty date
February 21, 2005
Submitted
February 22, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N27015
Make and model
Boeing 777224
Aircraft serial
28678
Aircraft time
22,763 hours, 2,636 cycles
Part
Acm
Part number
8102098
Part serial
951075
Condition
Seized
Location
Left
Part time
1,203 hours, 129 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SMOKE APPEARED IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT WHILE EN ROUTE FROM HKG TO EWR. THE CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS AND COMPLETED THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST. THE SMOKE QUICKLY DISSIPATED. THE ACM L AND FCV L EICAS MESSAGES WERE ALSO OBSERVED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO NRT WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LT ACM SEIZED WITH A BLADE MISSING AND THE DIFFUSER HOUSING WAS DETERIORATED. THE LT ACM AND DIFFUSER HOUSING WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 21-52-02 AND 21-52-06. LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. THE UPPER FLOW CONTROL VALVE (PACK AIR SUPPLY VALVE) WAS ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 21-51-01.