Service difficulty report · Contactor · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
September 6, 2011
Submitted
September 6, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N676UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
30028
Aircraft time
38,656 hours, 9,699 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4052
Part
Contactor
Part number
B4291
Part serial
CM84832
Condition
Faulty
Location
Electrical Sys
Stage of operation
NR
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

BOTH UTILITY BUSES TRIPPED OFF ON SHUTDOWN. WHEN EXTERNAL POWER POWERING ACFT, DESELECTING EXT POWER TO TRANSFER POWER TO APU, BOTH UTILITY BUS TRIPS. BPCU REPLACED NO HELP. UTILITY BUS DOES NOT TRIP BETWEEN APU AND ENG GEN TRANSFERS. SUSPECT SLOPPY EXTERNAL POWER CONTACTOR. NO TIME TO T-S. IF NEEDED CONTACTOR: 563-0206. REPLACED CONTACTOR (K114) AND OP CHECKED GOOD.