Service difficulty report · Wire · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 5, 2011
Submitted
July 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N551UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25399
Aircraft time
74,819 hours, 21,652 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Autopilot Sys
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

AUTOPILOT & A-P DISC LIGHT ON, LINE THRU (HDG HLD, HDG SEL, LNAV LOC, B-CRS) ON EADI, & EICAS MSG 'AUTOPILOT DISC' DISPLAYED WITH 1 AUTOPILOT SYSTEM ENGAGED IN CMD. OPS NORMAL WITH (L OR C) A-P SYS SELCTED (1=L, 2=C ,3=R) CREW COMMENTS: WITH CAPT FLT DIR OFF FO FD BARS ARE REMOVED FROM VIEW AND VNAV-LNAV REVERTS TO HDG-VS. WITH SAMC TEXT: ALSO WITH RIGHT A. RPL FCC R AND RH FMC, NO HELP. FOUND WIRE AT SOCKET 4 OF K2068 RELAY BROKEN. REPLACED SOCKET AND REINSTALLED. ACP CATIII TEST PER MM, TEST PASSED. RETURNED TO CATIII STATUS.