Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 777FHT

Difficulty date
October 20, 2025
Submitted
October 20, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N844FD
Make and model
Boeing 777FHT
Aircraft serial
37138
Aircraft time
52,910 hours, 8,085 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT FL350 AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2 HOUR STARRED RECEIVING INTERMITTENT OVERSPEED WARNING AND THE UPPER ZIPPER KEPT MOVING UP AND DOWN. THEN AFTER 10 MIN OVERSPEED WARNING STAYED ON AND ZIPPER WENT TO 240 IT S AND STAYED ON. THEN THE OVERSPEED GEAR VMO/MMO ADVISORY MESSAGE CAME ON. HAD TO DISCONNECT AUTO THROTTLES HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED. POWER KEPT COMING BACK TO REDUCE SPEED TO 240 ITS. ON ARRIVAL WHEN I ATTEMPTED LVL CHANGE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP AND TRIED TO SLOW. HAD TO DISCONNECT AUTOPILOT AND HAND FLY DOWN TO LOWER ALTITUDE. ONCE BELOW 250 KTS EVERYTHING WORKED, HOWEVER GEAR VMO/MMO ADVISORY MESSAGE STAYED ON TILL LANDING. IAW AMM 31-51-00-5 VMO SWITCH FOUND IN DETENT. SWITCH WAS RETURNED TO NORMAL. ACFT OK TO CONTINUE.

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