Service difficulty report · Idg Cable · Boeing 767222

Difficulty date
January 25, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N605UA
Make and model
Boeing 767222
Aircraft serial
21866
Engine
Pwa JT9D7R4D
Part
Idg Cable
Condition
Shorted
Location
Rt Engine
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
B, H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DESCENDING THROUGH 18,000 FEET, LOST RIGHT MAIN AC BUS, GENERATOR WOULD NOT RESET. BUS REMAINED OFF FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. APU GENERATOR WOULD NOT POWER BUS. PASSENGERS REPORTED SPARKS FROM RIGHT ENGINE WHEN LIGHTS WENT OUT. A SHORTED IDG FEEDER CABLE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE CAUSED THE RIGHT MAIN AC BUS TO SHORT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE FEEDER CABLE WAS REPAIRED AND REPOSITIONED TO PREVENT FURTHER CHAFING.