Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 1, 2009
Submitted
December 2, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N796UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26931
Aircraft time
53,143 hours, 7,654 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Engine time
22,103 hours, 28,091 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
N1 Probe
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

ON ENGINE START LEFT ENG N1 JUMPS TO MORE THAN 80 PERCENT CAUSING TAKEOFF WARNING TO SOUND WITH CONFIG WARNING FOR 2 SECONDS. UPON ARRIVAL CREW REPORTED THIS IS REPEAT OCCURRENCE (HIT LAX-891-29NOV), AT ENG START AS SOON AS N1 JUST BEGINS T O ROTATE, N1 IND JUMPS TO 80 PERCENT, WITHIN 0.5SEC COMES BACK DOWN TO 5-8 PERCENT N1, ALL OTHER IND AT START (FF, EGT) NORMAL. INSPECTED AND CLEANED N1 PROBE CONNECTOR DM 77005 AND FOUND CONDITION OF PINS OK. L ENG RUN CARRIED OUT FOUND BOTH CHANNELS OK ON 2 ATTEMPTS.