Service difficulty report · Relay · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
October 29, 2008
Submitted
January 18, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N218UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30222
Aircraft time
31,243 hours, 3,940 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Relay
Condition
Faulty
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

NO LAND 3 DEGRADATION IN AUTOLAND SYS PRIOR TO APPROACH (BEFORE LAND 3 AUTOLAND STATUS ANNUNCIATION). AUTOLAND SYS IS NO LONGER FAIL-OPERATIONAL. ADVISORY MSG01- ACTIVE CRUISE MODE DEPENDENT; BUS ISOLATION IS NOT AVAILABLE. DB- AUTOPILOT FLIGHT DIRECTOR COMPUTER (RT) MSG02- ACTIVE CRUISE HARD; PWR BUS (L AC XFR BUS) IN P100 IS NOT POWERED. DB- ELMS P110 ELECTRONICS UNIT MSG03- NOT ACTIVE CRUISE INTERMITTENT; TRANSFORMER-RECTIFIER UNIT (TRU L) IS INOPERATIVE. DB- ELMS P310 ELECTRONICS UNIT MSG04- ACTIVE CRUISE INTERMITTENT; MULTI-MODE RECEIVER (LT) HAS NO OUTPUT ON ANY BUS. MSG-2213620 ACTIVE ER MODE MSG-2411101 ACTIVE ER HARD MSG-2413051 INACTV ER INTER MSG-3453801 ACTIVE ER INTER. REPLACED & OPS CHECKED RELAYS K24101 AND K24102. OP CK'D OK. NO MESSAGE PRESENT OR ACTIVE FAULTS.