Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
April 1, 2011
Submitted
April 27, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N179UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
25158
Aircraft time
83,269 hours, 10,146 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Control Unit
Part number
3B502E
Part serial
44
Condition
Failed
Location
Electrical Sys
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

'ELEC UTIL BUS R' EICAS ADVISORY MESSAGE DISPLAYED. THE UTILITY BUS 3 (OR 4) OR GALLEY BUS 3 (OR 4) DOES NOT HAVE ELECTRICAL POWER ON IT. AIRPLANE IS NOT IN LOAD SHED CONDITION. CREW COMMENTS: HAPPENED AT GATE. MX RECYCLED SWITCH 3 TIMES. RE-APPEARED AFTER ENG START. RESET ELCU CB IN E&EBAY MSG CLEARED BUT DURING T/O CREW REQUEST DF IT PER MEL. PLACED PAC ORDER FOR ELCU -INF- :CAP RCS 218-56C SHIPPED FROM ORDJL 31MAR TO SFOJJ AS CAP. FOUND INSIDE CAP CONTAINER & ISSUED TO AC 8479. PCN: 585-9173 ELCU IS ON HOLD BIN TABLE AT SFOJJ CONTROL CENTER AS OF 0155AM-PDT PER OPBLC. 1EA HAS BEEN ISSUED TO SFOJL AOG X5934. PART IN SFOJL STASH. REPLACED UTILITY POWER ELECTRICAL LOAD CONTROL UNIT M3252 PER MM. OP NORMAL.