Service difficulty report · Gcu · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
July 22, 2015
Submitted
July 24, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N971TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53621
Aircraft time
43,790 hours, 21,391 cycles
Part
Gcu
Condition
Defective
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
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

AIR INTERRUPT, RETURNED, EMER DECLARED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL & ACFT WAS OVERWEIGHT. DURING CLIMB OUT THEY EXPERIENCED A DC CROSSTIE LOCKOUT & BOTH LOAD METERS INDICATED ZERO. REPLACED RT GEN CONTROL UNIT IAW 24-20-07. PLEASE SEE AALA20150722008 & AALA20150724011 FOR ADDITIONAL PART INFORMATION.

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