Service difficulty report · Igniter · Boeing 747422

Difficulty date
December 7, 2012
Submitted
December 13, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N174UA
Make and model
Boeing 747422
Aircraft serial
24381
Aircraft time
89,157 hours, 9,939 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Igniter
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
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

PER CREW ENGINE 1 START ATTEMPT, NO START USING IGNITION NR 1, PER FLT MANUAL, SWITCHED TO 'BOTH' START WAS GOOD-NORMAL. OK TO DEFER ENGINE 1, IGNITION SYSTEM NR 1 'INOP' PER MEL 7400A. OK TO DEFER PER MEL7400A TOMC-EMC. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE SYS 1 IGNITER PLUG PER MM. AUDIBLE TEST OK AMM 74-00-00. ENG RUN PER JRH USES IGN SYS 1 NORMAL.