Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
December 10, 2007
Submitted
December 18, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506NA
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
24771
Aircraft time
46,710 hours, 18,573 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Damaged
Location
Generator
Stage of operation
CL
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

AFTER TAKEOFF, GEN OFF EICAS MESSAGE WAS PRESENTED. ALSO LEFT BUSS ISOLATED MESSAGE WAS PRESENTED AND SEVERAL CAPTAIN INSTRUMENTS WERE LOST. THERE WAS NOT FLIGHT INSTRUMENT TRANSFER AND THE AUTOPILOT AUTOMATICALLY DISCONNECTED. GEN OFF CHECK LIST WAS ACCOMPLISHED WAS PERFORMED AND GENERATOR WAS RECOVERED, HOWEVER, L BUS ISOLATED WAS STILL PRESENTED. IAW SWPM 20-61-19 CONNECTOR D1116P WAS REPLACED IN LEFT ENGINE GENERATOR SYSTEM THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED TO DMI-628 MEL 24-00-1 CAT B IAW SWM 20-61-19 CONNECTOR D116P WAS REPLACED LT ENG GEN SYSTEM IAW AMM 24-11-01 PAGE 401. THE IDG WAS REPLACED, THE CABLES IDG FROM D116P WERE REPLACED IAW WDM24-21-14 P/N ON AND OFF LJ34975.