Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
November 25, 2009
Submitted
December 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N120UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
29166
Aircraft time
43,383 hours, 5,179 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Circuit Breaker
Condition
Failed
Location
Battery
Stage of operation
CR
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

CREW REPORTED ONCE AT CRUISE, NOTICED CB APU BAT BUS-APU BAT CONT POPPED. AFTER CB POPPED EICAS DISPLAYED SEVERAL ADVISORY AND STATUS MSGS REF ALL THREE IRU'S AND APU HOT BATTERY BUS NOT POWERED. RESET CB AND SOME MSGS CLEARED BUT THE ADVISORY AND STATUS MSGS REF ALL (3) IRU'S DC FAULT REMAINED. CREW DUMPED APPROX 100K OF FUEL AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE FIELD. FOUND CMC MSG 24720, T-S PER FIM24-60 TASK806. REPLACED CB C10340 PER MM24-60-01 TEST PASSES REPLACED APU BATTERY PER MM24-31-06 AND APU BATTERY CHARGER PER MM 24-31-07. BOTH OPS TEST NORMAL. 6493CB P6-J9 APU BATTERY BUS AND APU CONTROL RESET, NO FAULT MSG'S.