Service difficulty report · Cable · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
May 30, 2011
Submitted
June 22, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N775UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26947
Aircraft time
64,237 hours, 11,610 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Cable
Condition
Loose
Location
Satcom
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

STATUS MESSAGE SATCOM HIGH GAIN APPEARS INTERMITTANTLY. INTERMITTENT FAULT OF HIGH POWER AMPLIFIER. DEFERRED IAW MEL 2315B. MTC PROCEDURE C-OUT IAW MEL. REPLACED HPR, HPA, RFU HIGH AND LOW GAIN AMPLIFIER, NO FIX. REPLACED LNA AND BEAM STEERING UNIT PER MM. STILL FAULTING. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING DF0039, FOUND CONNECTOR LOOSE ON CABLE AND EASILY PULLS OFF. REPLACED CABLE ASSY . ACCOMPLISHED SATCOM SYSTEM TEST PER AMM. ALL TESTS PASSED.