Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 737823

Difficulty date
June 22, 2018
Submitted
June 27, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N969NN
Make and model
Boeing 737823
Aircraft serial
31215
Aircraft time
10,793 hours, 4,006 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
762185H
Part serial
AAA6011324
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER LIFT OFF AT 35,000 FT, THE NR 2 AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED, FOLLOWED BY THE NR 2 SOURCE OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATION, FOLLOWED BY NR 2 DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATION. EMERGENCY DECLARED DUE TO AN ACRID ODOR IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. LANDED APPROXITMATELY 20 MINUTES AFTER INDICATIONS. NR 1 AUTOPILOT WORKED. ALL QRH CHECKLISTS ACCOMPLISHED. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. ACCOMPLISHED MCM 05-96-70 SMOKE ODOR FUMES CARD FOUND THE NR 2 GCU BAD, ACCOMPLISHED HUD TEST, PASSED AND PERFORMED A LAND VERIFY TEST, PASSED IAW MM 22-11-00. LEFT FORMER NR 1 GCU IN THE NR 2 POSITION MM 24-21-81.