What was found
LEFT GENERATOR CONTROL OFF LIGHT AND EICAS MESSAGE CAME ON. THREE ATTEMPTS TO START THE APU WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. REPLACED THE LEFT IDG.ONE PISTON IN THE HYDRAULIC UNIT FAILED CONTAMINATING THE IDG WITH METAL SHAVINGS.
- Difficulty date
- March 7, 2004
- Submitted
- March 16, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N566UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26670
- Aircraft time
- 38,450 hours, 14,070 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 2420 · AC Generation System
- Part
- Idg
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- CR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- J, H
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.