Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 767281

Difficulty date
June 23, 2017
Submitted
July 11, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N783AX
Make and model
Boeing 767281
Aircraft serial
23016
Aircraft time
60,322 hours, 43,053 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
M734284AF
Part serial
0986
Condition
Damaged
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, 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 CREW REPORTED THE LEFT BUSS BECAME ISOLATED AND COULD NOT POWER IT WITH THE APU. EICAS MESSAGES FOR THE LT AC BUSS OFF DISPLAYED AND LT GENERATOR OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DIVERTED AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRPLANE WAS GROUNDED AND WIRING WAS CHECKED IAW FAULT ISOLATION MANUAL . THE LEFT GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT WAS FOUND WITH PIN C12 PUSHED IN. THE GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED AND THE LEFT GENERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATED NORMAL. THE CAUSE OF THE PUSHED-IN PIN IS UNKNOWN.