SDR 97ZZZM705

Service difficulty report · Connectors · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
June 5, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N616AU
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27147
Part
Connectors
Part number
FRF6365P13747
Condition
Burned
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PHX - FL 1, AIRCRAFT EN ROUTE PIT-LAX WITH THE RIGHT IDG ON MEL AND THE APU OPERATING. IN CRUISE BETWEEN ABQ AND PHX, CREW RECEIVED THE LEFT GENERATOR 'OFF' LIGHT. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO PHX AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT. SUBSEQUENTLY, MAINTENANCE FOUND CONNECTORS D1216P AND D1016J (FIRE WALL DISCONNECT) WITH BURNED PINS. BOTH CONNECTORS WERE REPLACED. A DIRECTIVE TO CAMPAIGN THE 757 FLEET FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS WILL BE ISSUED. REFERENCE USAABB97068.

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