Service difficulty report · Starter Gen · Boeing 7879

Difficulty date
July 3, 2018
Submitted
July 12, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N826AN
Make and model
Boeing 7879
Aircraft serial
40647
Aircraft time
4,840 hours, 514 cycles
Part
Starter Gen
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Engine
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

GENERATOR PROBLEM. AN EMERGENCY WAS DELCARED, RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AND LANDED. GEN CTRL L1 OFF LIGHT ON ONE RESET IAW CHECKLIST FAILED AGAIN. L1 VFSG TRIPS OFF AND CAUSES LEFT AC BUSS TO LOCK OUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED THE VARIBLE FREQUENCY STARTER GENERATOR FOR THE LT ENGINE IAW AMM 24-21-09. INSTALLED A NEW TERMINAL AT TS16111 END IAW SWPM 20-30-13. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW AMM 71-00-00.

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