Service difficulty report · Transmission · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
July 14, 2016
Submitted
July 18, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N972TW
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53622
Aircraft time
48,426 hours, 23,693 cycles
Part
Transmission
Part number
696233B
Part serial
4184
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1
Part time
4,246 hours, 2,007 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CRUISE THE NR 1 CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE TEMPERATURE ROSE ABOVE AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL HIGH AND WAS DISCONNECTED BY FLIGHT CREW. EMERGENCY DECLARED. LANDING UNEVENTFUL. AIRCRAFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 CONSTATNT SPEED DRIVE TRANSMISSION AND GENERATOR IAW AMM 24-10-01. OPS AND LEAK CHECKED NORMAL.

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