Service difficulty report · Accelerometer · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
July 28, 2009
Submitted
July 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N795UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26927
Aircraft time
51,881 hours, 7,612 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Accelerometer
Part number
144182000112
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Vibration Detect
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
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 MSG-7706042 INACTV ER INTER -MAT MSG. 77-06042 INTERMIT. IN CRUISE. -INF- :MSG 77-06042 E-FLANGE ACCELEROMETER FAULT HIT AT HIGH INTERMITTENT COUNT (38 HITS PER LEG) SO IT IS NOT TYPICAL NUISANCE. REF FIM 77-31 TASK 814, CHECK CONDITION AND SECURITY OF INTERMEDIATE CASE ACCELEROMETER & HARNESS INCLUDING CLAMPS. SECURE AS NEEDED. IF NO CAUSE FOUND, REPLACE E-FLGE INT CASE ACCELEROMETER. REPLACED ENGINE VIBRATION ACCELEROMETER, OPS CHECK IS GOOD.