# SDR 05FDEA02956

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 16, 2005
- Submitted: September 20, 2005
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N662FE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N662FE), registered now
- Make and model: Airbus A300 B4-605R
- Registry model: [Airbus A300 B4-605R](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-605r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 761
- Aircraft time: 13,688 hours, 7,413 cycles
- System (JASC): [2410 · Alternator-Generator Drive](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2410)
- Part: Generator
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Apu
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: H, B
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/05FDEA02956

## Discrepancy

CLIMBING OUT AT 22,000 FT NR 2 GEN FAULTED WITH  IMMEDIATE ACRID ELEC SMOKE SMELL/FUMES.  NO OTHER  FAULTS.  C/W ECAM.  DECLARED EMERGENCY AND  RETURNED TO KORD IN 19 MIN "MEL 24-23-01: APU GEN SYSTEM INOP."  FOUND EVIDENCE OF WATER IN AREA OF NR 2 ENG GEN CONTROL UNIT.  CLEANED RESIDUAL MOISTURE FROM AREA AND SWAPPED NR 2 GEN CONT WITH APU GEN CONT, DEFERRED  APU GEN CONT UNIT.  REF AMM 24-22-12-4.  SWAP COMPONENT POSITIONS.

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