Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
November 29, 2012
Submitted
January 14, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N117UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
28810
Aircraft time
56,722 hours, 6,795 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Pressure Switch
Condition
Faulty
Location
Oil System
Stage of operation
NR
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

'ENG 4 OIL FILT' EICAS STATUS MESSAGE DISPLAYED. NR 4 ENGINE OIL FILTER DELTA PRESSURE APPROACHES BYPASS WITH OIL TEMPERATURE ABOVE 25 DEGRESS C. CREW COMMENTS: INTERM. EICAS SAMC TEXT: REF FIM 79-00 TASK SUPPORT PAGE 306 AND FIM 79-00 FIG 103. DP SW MUST BE REPLACED WITHIN 100 HRS. REPLACED OIL FILTER DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH PER MM. FILTER DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SWITCH PER MM. REPLACED MAIN ENGINE OIL FILTER PER MM. RAN ENGINE, NO LEAKS NOTED.