Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
August 15, 2017
Submitted
August 18, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N842NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31099
Aircraft time
23,315 hours, 9,179 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
762185H
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, FIVE MINUTES AFTER GENERATOR OFF, ON LF SOURCE OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED, LEFT DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DISCONNECTED IDG. THE APU WAS STARTED AND THE APU GEN BEGAN OPERATION. AT ABOUT FIVE NAUTICAL MILES ON FINAL, APU DROPPED OFF LEFT BUSS. PUT IT BACK ON THREE TIMES BUT IT KEPT TRIPPING OFF. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. COULD NOT GET APU TO POWER EITHER BUSS. AFTER ENGINES SHUTDOWN, ABOUT THREE MINUTES LATER, THE APU WOULD POWER BOTH BUSSES, PICKING UP LOAD POWERED BY EXTERNAL. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AMD REPLACED THE LT ENGINE IDG IAW AMM 24-11-11. . OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT, WHICH CAUSED THE EVENT WHEN IT DROPPED OFF LINE, IAW AMM 24-21-81, OPS TESTED NORMAL.