What was found
AIRCRAFT RETURNED DUE TO APU GENERATOR FAILED AT FL 270 AND LT GENERATOR WAS DEFERRED. MX PERFORMED APU GENERATOR RESET AND TESTED IAW 49-00-00 AND LT GENERATOR WAS REPLACED AND TESTED IAW AMM 24-20-02, ALL CORRECT.
- Difficulty date
- March 22, 2009
- Submitted
- April 2, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N838AM
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 49397
- Aircraft time
- 66,205 hours, 32,534 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D219
- Engine time
- 1,323 hours, 511 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2421 · AC Generator-Alternator
- Part
- Generator
- Part number
- 976J2528
- Part serial
- TZ3758
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Left
- Part time
- 15,141 hours, 9,427 cycles
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- H
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.