Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
August 22, 2016
Submitted
August 24, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803AL
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
40621
Aircraft time
5,310 hours, 573 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Part number
7001330H03
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 1
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

R1 GENERATOR DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOLLOWED QRH, DISCONNECTED DRIVE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT GROUNDED. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE R1 VARIABLE FREQUENCY STARTER GENERATOR IAW AMM 24-21-09-FOB 720A-A.

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