Service difficulty report · Eec · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
June 18, 2009
Submitted
June 19, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N551UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25399
Aircraft time
66,927 hours, 19,310 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Eec
Part number
1B7486
Part serial
50
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

NR 2 ENGINE HUNG START BEFORE STARTER CUTOUT. HUNG 49 % BOTH STARTS EGT APP RED LINE EGT ABOUT 476. NO EXCEEDENCE. HUNG START ENGINE WILL NOT ACCELERATE PAST 49 % N2 WITH EGT CLIMBING. MESSAGE 275-25 EEC; REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE EEC. FOUND PIN-3 ON D5024- SHORTED TO SHIELD & GROUND WITH D1074P DISCONNECTED FROM FIREWALL, PIN-6 ALSO HI-RES SHORT-GND D5024 INTERMITMENT. D5024 IS DISASSEMBLED AT NR 2 START VALVE. RECHECKED ABOVE FAULTS & FOUND NO SHORTS TO GROUND. REASSEMBLED D5024 & TESTED AGAIN OK. SECURED DISCONNECTED CONNECTORS. FOUND NR 2 ENG START SWITCH SOMETIMES STICKS IN GND POS WITH NO POWER APPLIED. REPLACED NR 2 START SWITCH. ACP 3 SUCCESSFUL ENGINE STARTS WITH NORMAL CUTOUT.