# SDR 02FDEA00610

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 31, 2002
- Submitted: September 3, 2002
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N682FE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N682FE), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A300 F4-605R
- Registry model: [Airbus A300 F4-605R](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-f4-605r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 800
- Aircraft time: 4,944 hours, 2,638 cycles
- System (JASC): [4990 · APU Oil System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/4990)
- Part: B-Nut
- Condition: Loose
- Location: Apu
- Part time: 3,362 hours, 3,693 cycles
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: K, J
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/02FDEA00610

## Discrepancy

NR 1 GEN FAULT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT.  FOLLOWED ECAM PROCEDURES.  UNABLE TO RESET NR 1 GEN STARTED APU.  ACN RELEASED PER MEL/CDL: 24-11-01GEN NR 1 - INOP.  APU GEN MUST BE USED TO PWR 1 AFFECTED BUS THROUGHOUT FLIGHT.  VERIFY AND RECORD IN EAML THAT OIL QTY OF IDG IN DISC MODE, REMAINING OPERATIVE IDG, & APU GEN ARE CHECKED ONCE EACH FLIGHT DAY.  GPCU BITE INDICATED MPU/WIRING IN FLT APU AUTO-SHUTDOWN.  APU INOP.  FOLLOWED ECAM AND TURNED APU MSR SW OFF.  DIVERTED TO RNO DUE TO NR 1 GEN + APU INOP, REF WRI 24-20/2038.  APU SHOWED NO INDICATION OF OIL AT TANK.  SERVICED APU TO FULL AND FOUND SEVERAL B-NUTS LOOSE.  TIGHTENED B-NUTS WIPED DOWN AREA AND RAN APU WITH NO LEAKS DETECTED.

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