20021213035519I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-32 · Bloomington-Nor, IL · December 13, 2002

Date
December 13, 2002 · 23:30 local
Place
Bloomington-Nor, IL
Airport
Bloomington-Normal
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ZZDA
Aircraft
N832AT
Reported as
Doug DC932
People aboard
103
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,372 total3,184 in this make and model116 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted flight 146, on descent into bmi, #2 generator tripped offline with an ac tie lockout. Volts and freq. Appeared Normal. All relevant air tran procedures were accomplished. #2 generator would not reset and APU generator would not power the right aircraft busses until aircraft was established on final approach. Pilot declared emergency due to single generator operation. An uneventful landing was made at bmi. Maintenance reset the generator control panel and performed operational check to confirm that the APU generator picked up aircraft busses as required. Right generator was placed on MEL and the aircraft release per 24-01-1. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLIGHT 146, ON DESCENT INTO BMI, #2 GENERATOR TRIPPED OFFLINE WITH AN AC TIE LOCKOUT. VOLTS AND FREQ. APPEARED NORMAL. ALL RELEVANT AIR TRAN PROCEDURES WERE ACCOMPLISHED. #2 GENERATOR WOULD NOT RESET AND APU GENERATOR WOULD NOT POWER THE RIGHT AIRCRAFT BUSSES UNTIL AIRCRAFT WAS ESTABLISHED ON FINAL APPROACH. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY DUE TO SINGLE GENERATOR OPERATION. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AT BMI. MAINTENANCE RESET THE GENERATOR CONTROL PANEL AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK TO CONFIRM THAT THE APU GENERATOR PICKED UP AIRCRAFT BUSSES AS REQUIRED. RIGHT GENERATOR WAS PLACED ON MEL AND THE AIRCRAFT RELEASE PER 24-01-1. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.