Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Airbus A300B4605R

Difficulty date
October 9, 2001
Submitted
January 31, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N70072
Make and model
Airbus A300B4605R
Aircraft serial
515
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Electrical Sys
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT 93 - APU FAULTED IN FLIGHT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. NO FAULTS WERE FOUND ON THE ECB. REPLACED THE ECB AS PRECAUTIONARY. PROBLEM FOUND TO BE A BROKEN GROUND WIRE TO THE STANDBY GENERATOR CONTROL VALVE. WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND STANDBY GENERATOR TEST WAS PERFORMED. OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD AND AIRCRAFT APU WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)

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