Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 21, 2011
Submitted
December 22, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N218UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30222
Aircraft time
45,518 hours, 5,557 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Connector
Condition
Dirty
Location
Le Slat
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ACFT RETURNED TO GATE WITH A SLATS PRIMARY FAIL EICAS MESSAGE. PREVIOUS INBOUND WRITE UP AND THE PRIMARY CONTROL VALVE WAS REPLACED. CLEANED AND RECONNECTED PRIMARY CONTROL VLV CONNECTOR AND ALL SLAT POS SENSORS CONDITION, CHECKED FLAP SLAT OPERATION PER AMM, INDICATION AND OPERATION NORMAL.