Service difficulty report · Fuel Control · Boeing 757231

Difficulty date
May 23, 2008
Submitted
May 28, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N718TW
Make and model
Boeing 757231
Aircraft serial
28486
Aircraft time
28,067 hours, 10,372 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
28,098 hours, 10,379 cycles
Part
Fuel Control
Part number
736001006
Part serial
728712
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
28,098 hours, 10,379 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

AFTER LEFT ENGINE START THROTTLES ADV BUT ENGINE UNRESPONSIVE. LEFT ENG BLEED VALVE WOULD NOT OPEN. FIRE REPORTED TO BE FROM LEFT ENG TO ABOVE WING AND ENG SMOKING. FUEL CONTROL SW TO OFF AND NR 1 ENGINE FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. NO ENG EXCEEDANCES ON MTC PAGE. EPCS MSG P AOX ON FCU/EEC. REPLACED FCU PER AMM. INSPECTED PYLON AND AFT OF ENG WING AREA FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGE. NO TROUBLE FOUND. PERFORMED FUEL CONTROL REPLACEMENT TEST PER 71-00-00-735-328-P00. ENGINE CKS NORMAL. ETOPS CATEGORY 'D': INABILITY TO CTRL ENG OR GET DESIRED PWR.