Service difficulty report · Turbine · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
October 14, 2008
Submitted
January 21, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N217UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30550
Aircraft time
29,432 hours, 3,845 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Engine time
42,689 hours, 6,588 cycles
Part
Turbine
Part serial
D22179
Condition
Vibrates
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
42,689 hours, 6,588 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENG VIB MONITOR R RIGHT ENGINE AIRBORNE VIBRATION MONITORING (AVM) SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE, OR LOSS OF TACHOMETER DATA. STATUS MSG01- NOT ACTIVE DESCENT INTERMITTENT; 'E' FLANGE ACCELEROMETER (CIRCUIT 1 RIGHT) SIGNAL IS OUT OF RANGE. DB- SIGNAL CONDITIONER UNIT (RIGHT) MSG02- NOT ACTIVE DESCENT INTERMITTENT; 'E' FLANGE ACCELEROMETER (CIRCUIT 1 RIGHT) SIGNAL IS OUT OF RANGE. REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE. SHOP FINDINGS: ENGINE WAS GIVEN A FULL REFURBISHMENT DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCE. LP TURBINE WAS SUSPECT AS CAUSE FOR ON-WING VIBRATION.