SDR DALA2015010600065

Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Boeing 757251

Difficulty date: January 5, 2015
Submitted: January 12, 2015
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N542US
Make and model: Boeing 757251
Aircraft serial: 26489
Aircraft time: 52,833 hours, 21,502 cycles
Engine: Pwa PW2037
Engine time: 70,589 hours, 30,003 cycles
System (JASC): 7321 · Fuel Control/Turbine Engines
Part: Fuel Control
Condition: Failed
Location: Rt Engine
Stage of operation: CR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: R, J
Precautionary procedure: A

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

What was found

ACFT AT FL280 RT ENGINE THROTTLE BECAME TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE. ENGINE WENT TO IDLE AND THROTTLE POSITION HAD NO AFFECT. QRH REFERENCED. EMERGENCY DECLARED. TROUBLESHOT AND REPLACED THE FUEL CONTROL IAW AMM 73-21, LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.