Service difficulty report · Gen Contl Unit · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
January 18, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N427UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
512
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Gen Contl Unit
Part number
740120C
Condition
Shorted
Location
Nr 1
Part time
6,117 hours
Component
Sunstrand · 740119F
Stage of operation
CL
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

AT 16,000 FEET DURING CLIMB OUT OF ORD, LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. NR 1 AC BUS, NR 1 TR AND AC ESSENTIAL BUS WERE NOT POWERED. APU WOULD NOT START. SELECTED ALTERNATE POSITION OF AC ESSENTIAL FEED SWITCH. AFTER AC ESSENTIAL BUS WAS POWERED APU STARTED AND WAS USED TO POWER NR 1 AC BUS THEN NR 1 TR. TRIP RETURNED TO ORD. THE NR 1 AC BUS TRIPPED OFF AND WAS NOT AUTOMATICALLY RECOVERED DUE TO A DIFFERENTIAL PROTECTION FAULT. THE GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED AND THE IDG WAS ALSO REPLACED. AFTER REPLACEMENT, THE SYSTEM WAS TESTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY. PART TOTAL CYCLES, 2,312.

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