Service difficulty report · Unknown · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 18, 2011
Submitted
December 19, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N787UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26939
Aircraft time
64,707 hours, 9,482 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Unknown
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Speed Brake
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

SPEEDBRAKE DID NOT EXTEND. DEPLOYED MANUALLY. DEF PER MEL. -INF- :BOEING AHM DOWNLINKING MMSGS 32-11910, 12760, 12010, 12860 REF MT 27-029R2 & 27-UA08. THE MT'S REFERENCED MMSG'S NOT DISPLAYED BUT APPEARS BOTH MLG TILT ACTUATORS EXPERIENCING LOW PRESSURE DUE TO BYPASSING HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS WHICH IS KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS FDE. OK - :MESSAGES CORRELATED TO AUTO SPEEDBRAKE WERE 34-25603 AND 34-25800 WHICH FAULTED 6 LEGS AGO. ACCOMPLISHED TAT TEST PER MM AND AOA TEST PER MM34-21-04. NO FAULTS. ACCMP'D AUTO SPEEDBRAKE 26592 TEST PER MM. TEST PASSED. SYSTEM CK'S NORMAL.