Service difficulty report · Control Box · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
October 20, 2014
Submitted
October 22, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N940UW
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27805
Aircraft time
65,060 hours, 24,601 cycles
Engine
Rroyce RB211535E4
Engine time
84,805 hours, 30,650 cycles
System (JASC)
7603 · Power Lever
Part
Control Box
Part number
44111307
Part serial
79L
Condition
Binding
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
75,987 hours, 26,988 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

ON DESCENT, THE RT ENG WOULD NOT RETURN TO IDLE. FUEL FLOW REMAINED AT 3500 POUNDS PER HOUR. THE FLIGHT DECLARED AN EMER. AT 500 FT, THE CREW SHUTDOWN THE RT ENG & THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TOTAL SINGLE ENG TIME WAS LESS THAN 1 MINUTE. FOUND THE CABLE BINDING BETWEEN THE UPPER & INTERMEDIATE CONTROL BOXES IN THE CABLE SHEATH. THE CABLE & INTERMEDIATE CONTROL BOX WERE REPLACED. ADDITIONALLY, THE POWER CONTROL LINKAGE LOWER BOX & THE THROTTLE ANGLE TRANSDUCER WERE REPLACED. THE CONTROL BOXES WERE MISPLACED BY THE VENDOR & THE THROTTLE ANGLE TRANSDUCER WAS SCRAPPED. THE CABLE TO THE INTERMEDIATE CONTROL BOX IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CAUSE, BUT IT CANNOT BE VERIFIED DUE TO MISPLACED.

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