Service difficulty report · Grommet · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
March 31, 2009
Submitted
April 1, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N779UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26941
Aircraft time
51,511 hours, 9,508 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Grommet
Condition
Defective
Location
Nr 2 Pylon
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

NR 2 ENG PYLON GENERATOR CABLE GROMMETS AT FIREWALL HAVE PUSHED BACK INTO FIREWALL, GROMMETS WILL NOT TIGHTEN UP IN FIREWALL FEED THROUGH BORES. REMOVED INSULATION PANEL AND ACCESS PANEL, GROMMETS WOULD NOT TIGHTEN. REPLACED GROMMETS.