Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 767201

Difficulty date
February 6, 2014
Submitted
February 7, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N249AU
Make and model
Boeing 767201
Aircraft serial
23901
Aircraft time
104,408 hours, 20,631 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Broken
Location
Landing Gear
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PHL FLT 718 EN ROUTE PHL TO FCO. WITH GEAR HANDLE UP, THEN OFF, ALL 3 GREEN GEAR LIGHTS CAME ON WITH GEAR UP, GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. DISPLAYED STATUS MSG'S AIR & GND DISAGREE, NOSE AIR & GND DISAGREE, & LDG MONITOR. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHL & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX PERFORMED BITE OF PSEU, FOUND FAULT ON CARD 011. R & R PSEU. UNIT PASSED BITE TEST WITH DRIVER LOADS ON & OFF. UNIT PASSED ALL LOGIC TESTS. ALL PROX CHANNELS PASSED ACTUATION GAP & WAVEFORM CHECKS. ALL DRIVER CCA'S PASSED CARD LEVEL FUNCTIONAL TEST. INSPECTION OF CHASSIS REVEALED WIRE HARNESS CONNECTORS J14, J15, J16, J17, J19 & FLEX ASSEMBLY WERE BROKEN & DAMAGED. REPLACED DAMAGED CONNECTORS & FLEX ASSEMBLY.