Service difficulty report · Fan · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 6, 2010
Submitted
January 13, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N532UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25072
Aircraft time
64,280 hours, 20,372 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Fan
Condition
Overheated
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
NR
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

CARGO DET AIR STATUS MSG COMPLETED SMOKE DET BITE, NO HELP WITH RESET OR ERASE IAW MM FIG 107 STEP '5' WAS A NEGATIVE FOR THE MESSAGE, THEREFORE AFT PIT SMOKE DET SYS INOP. REPLACED AFT DET PRESS SWITCH, NO HELP. MAINT PAGE MESSAGE 'FWD DETECT FAN' AND EICAS MESSAGE 'CARGO DET AIR'. REPLACED NR 1 DETECTOR TO CLEAR FWD DET MAINT MESSAGE. REPLACED NR 1 FWD DETECTOR FAN NO HELP. SUSPECT BAD FWD PRESS SWITCH. NR 2 DET FAN RUNS EXTREMELY HOT. RECOMMEND CHANGING ALSO PN 563-0126. 563-3898. REINSTATED CARGO COMPT FIRE DET SYST, SYS RETURNED TO SERVICE.