Service difficulty report · Generator · Emb EMB145XR

Difficulty date
August 5, 2016
Submitted
August 8, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N286DP
Make and model
Emb EMB145XR
Aircraft serial
14501178
Aircraft time
3,314 hours, 2,824 cycles
Part
Generator
Part number
30086011
Part serial
99581
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 3
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE CREW REPORTED THAT NR 1 AND NR 3 MAIN GENERATORS ON LT ENGINE WERE NOT SHARING THE LOAD AND THERE WERE 50 AMP SPLIT BETWEEN THE 2 GENERATORS. IT WAS OBSERVED BOTH ON THE GROUND AND DURING IN FLIGHT. TROUBLESHOT BY SWAPPING GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT, GCU AND GENERATORS AND FOUND NR 3 GENERATOR WAS FAULTY. REPLACED THE MAIN GENERATOR AND OPS CHECK GOOD. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE FAULTY GENERATOR, PN 30086-011, SN 99581 WAS O/H.

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