Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
April 14, 2011
Submitted
May 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N647UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25284
Aircraft time
81,976 hours, 13,240 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Actuator
Part number
550030019
Part serial
136
Condition
Faulty
Location
Aileron
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AFTER PUSH AILERON LOCKOUT EICAS MESSAGE. FOUND LEFT SAM HAD LEFT AILERON ACT FAULT. RESET AND DID NOT RETURN. FOLLOWED LM8279 AND REPLACED RIGHT SAM. UPON RETEST LEFT SAM FAULTED LEFT ACTUATOR. INSTALLED NEW SAM IN LEFT SIDE AND ORIGINAL BACK IN RIGHT. RETEST AND LEFT SAM FAULTED LEFT ACTUATOR AGAIN. RPLCD LEFT AIRDATA COMPUTER AND TESTED, THIS TIME THE RIGHT SAM FAULTED THE LEFT ACTUATOR. ACCOMPLISHED FIM. AFTER SEVERAL SWAPS OF LEFT AND RIGHT M524 AND M525 BOTH SIDES TESTED OK PER MM BUT AILERON MSG AND LIGHT WOULD REMAIN AFTER TEST. LT OR RT STAB MOD WOULD ALTERNATELY FAULT THE LT AIL LOCK ACTUATOR. WHEN ACCOMPLISHING LOCKOUT ACT TEST SAM MODULE KEPT FAULTING LT AIL LOCK ACT. REPLACED LT ACT PER MM. RAN TEST AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD NO FAU LTS. RESTORED SYSTEM BACK TO NORMAL.