Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 767232

Difficulty date
September 25, 2020
Submitted
September 28, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740AX
Make and model
Boeing 767232
Aircraft serial
22213
Aircraft time
90,785 hours, 43,131 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
734284F
Part serial
5787
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Apu Generator
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU GENERATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT DURING APPROACH. THE LEFT IDG WAS ON DEFERRAL, THE AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT ONLY HAD (1) OPERATING ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND WAS GROUNDED BY MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE APU GENERATOR CONTROL PANEL. AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED.