Service difficulty report · Heat Exchanger · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 7, 2009
Submitted
December 18, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N228UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30556
Aircraft time
32,731 hours, 4,033 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Heat Exchanger
Part number
8102089
Part serial
253
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt
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

RT PACK OVERHEAT. REPLACED INLET CONDITION TEMP SENSOR, NO HELP. WHILE REPLACING FLOW CONTROL VALVE AMT FOUND HEAT EXCHANGER WITH AN 8" CRACK, REPLACED HEAT EXCHANGER, NO LEAKS DETECTED.