Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
May 25, 2018
Submitted
May 30, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N594HA
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
23275
Aircraft time
93,779 hours, 36,250 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Loose
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

OPEN - ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM - DURING DESCENT W/ BOTH THROTTLES AT IDLE STOPS R ENGINE POWER WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN LT ENGINE POWER. AT FL 250 L ENG N1= 31.8; R ENG N1= 46.7. L ENG N2= 65.2%, RT ENG N2= 79.8% (CONT) (CONTINUED) AT FL 250, IDLE DESCENT: EGTS (BOTH)= 323* FUEL FLOW: L ENG= 0.6, RT ENG= 1.4 POWER DIFFERENCE AT IDLE STOPS WENT AWAY AT 10,000'. A/P AND A/T WERE ON DURING EVENT. NO THRUST DIFFERENCES OBSERVED DURING ANY OTHER PHASES OF FLIGHT. THRUST DIFFERENCE ONLY NOTED FROM DESCENT FROM CRUISE ALTITUDE TO 10,000. DURING TROUBLE SHOOTING FOUND CONNECTOR D766 FLT/ GND IDLE SEL ON NR 2 ENGINE DIRTY AND LOOSE. CLEANED AND REATTACHED SECURED. PERFORMED ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM TEST (AMM 76-11-00-735-077-G00) OPS GOOD. PERFORMED PLA TRANSDUCER TEST (AMM 22-33-01-824-122) WITHIN PARAMETERS. PERFORMED GROUND PWR TEST PER AMM (71-00-00-715-016-G00) STEPS F THROUGH F(3)(D). TO VERIFY APPROACH IDLE SPEED PER AMM (71-01-02-972-001-G03) ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL. PERFORMED TEST 2, 10, 30 PER AMM 22-00-00. OPS OK NO FAULTS NOTED. FINISHING, MAINTENANCE AFTER AVIONICS.