Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 7374B7

Difficulty date
July 6, 2010
Submitted
July 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N458UW
Make and model
Boeing 7374B7
Aircraft serial
25022
Part
Connector
Condition
Faulty
Location
Egt
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

MCO - ON CLIMBOUT FROM MCO, PASSING 12,000 FEET, THE NR 2 ENGINE EGT GAUGE WENT TO 1250 DEGREES C. CREW PULLED POWER LEVER BACK AND LIGHT WENT OUT WITH CORRESPONDING DECREASE IN EGT. WHEN POWER LEVER WAS PUSHED FORWARD, EGT WENT BACK UP TO 1250 DEGREES C. CREW PULLED NR 2 ENGINE POWER LEVER BACK TO IDLE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO FIELD AT MCO. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. APPROXIMATE NR 2 ENGINE TIME AT IDLE WAS 15 MINUTES. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED HOT SECTION BOROSCOPE CARD 03T50672001. NO FINDINGS. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 ENGINE EGT CONNECTOR D3304 AT ENGINE DISCONNECT BRACKET. RAN ENGINE. EGT OPERATIONALLY CHECKS SATISFACTORY PER MM 77-21-00.

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