Service difficulty report · Warning System · Boeing 7672B7

Difficulty date
July 14, 2002
Submitted
August 27, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N653US
Make and model
Boeing 7672B7
Aircraft serial
24894
Part
Warning System
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
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 48 - EN ROUTE PIT-CDG - CREW RECEIVED AURAL WARNINGS AND MASTER CAUTION LIGHTS. THE LEFT EICAS COMPUTER SHOWED INDICATIONS RELATED TO THE AURAL WARNING AND MASTER CAUTION,WHILE THE RIGHTE EICAS COMPUTER SHOWED ADDITIONAL ENGINE WARNINGS. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO PHL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BOTH EICAS COMPUTERS. ON THE SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT TO CLT (9280/15/JUL), THE CREW RECEIVED THE AMER ALT ALERT WITH NO APPARENT ALTITUDE CONDITION. MAINTENANCE RESET THE WARN ELEX CIRCUIT BREAKER AND TESTED THE SYSTEM. ON FLIGHT 192, CLT-FRA, THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO CLT DUE TO THE ALT ALERT, MASTER CAUTION AND EICAS WARNINGS. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ALTITUDE ALERT MODULE (M617). (M)

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