Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 30, 2011
Submitted
April 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N522UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24931
Aircraft time
66,370 hours, 24,928 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING NR 2 ENGINE START, LOST COCKPIT ELEC POWER. T-R MSG DISPLAYED ON LOWER EICAS. REPLACED LEFT TRU, NO HELP. LEFT ENG DID NOT TRANSFER PWR. SWAPPED LEFT AND RIGHT GCU, NO HELP. SWAPPED BACK. REPLACED LEFT GEN CNTL BREAKER C901 AND LEFT BUS TIE CNTL BREAKER C902, NO HELP. FOUND WIRE BROKEN AT LEFT GEN CONTROL SWITCH OVERHEAD PANEL. REPAIRED PER GNMM. CHECK OK, ENGINES RUN AND CHECKS OKAY.