Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
June 15, 2000
Submitted
October 4, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N786UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26938
Aircraft time
15,089 hours, 2,302 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Connector
Part number
ESC10SE62430PN
Condition
Dirty
Location
Rt Engine Gen
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLIGHT DEPARTED LHR WITH LEFT GENERATOR DEFERRED INOPERATIVE. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, RIGHT GENERATOR FAILED. RETURNED TO LHR. *S/D* THE FAULT ISOLATION CODE INDICATED A DIFFERENTIAL CURRENT FAULT. THE CAUSE WAS A VERY DIRTY CONNECTOR ON THE R-ENGINE CORE/STRUT (D71000P). THIS PREVENTED THE VOLTAGE, FROM THE CURRENT SENSOR IN THE IDG, GETTING TO THE GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT(GCU), AND THE GCU SENSED A PROBLEM AND SHUT DOWN THE IDG. CLEANED THE CONNECTOR. AFTER CLEANING, THE SYSTEM CHECKED GOOD. THIS APPEARS TO BE A ISOLATED DIRTY CONNECTOR PROBLEM.