Service difficulty report · Tube · Boeing 757204

Difficulty date
June 8, 2011
Submitted
June 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N925FD
Make and model
Boeing 757204
Aircraft serial
27238
Aircraft time
55,073 hours, 20,337 cycles
Part
Tube
Part number
UL26803
Part serial
C25972
Condition
Cracked
Location
P1 Proble
Part time
54,416 hours, 19,908 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

APPROX 5 MINS AFTER T/O THE RT ENG EEC AND A/T INOP EICAS MSG'S WERE DISPLAYED W/CORRESPONDING HIGH EPR. COMPLIED W/QRH PROC'S-REF TO MEL FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATIONS. THE STBY & NORMAL INSTRUMENTS DISPLAYED THE SAME DATA W/THROTTLE ADJUSTMENTS. WHEN THE RT THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED THE EPR WOULD CONTINUE TO CLIMB WHILE THE EGT/FF WOULD FINALLY TAPER BACK DOWN SHOWING THAT THE ENG LIMITER WAS WORKING. ONCE ON DECK-ALL RT ENG INSTRUMENTS RETURNED TO NORMAL. ACFT HAD A 2ND AIR TURN BACK AFTER REPLACING THE RT EEC, EPR TRANSMITTER, HIGH VOLT ISOLATION MODULE, WITH A SATISFACTORY HIGH POWER RUN. R&R P1 PROBE TUBE ASSY PER MM 20-10-09-4 AND R&R THE P1 AIR ACCUMULATOR PER MM 77-11-02-4-0. RAN ENG PER JRH AT VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS AND VERIFIED EPR INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL AT ALL POWER SETTINGS PER MM 71-00-00-5-3. OK FOR SERVICE.