Service difficulty report · Control Panel · Boeing 7374Q8

Difficulty date
January 5, 2000
Submitted
May 2, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N779AS
Make and model
Boeing 7374Q8
Aircraft serial
25111
Aircraft time
20,956 hours, 12,217 cycles
Part
Control Panel
Part number
915F2125
Part serial
3809
Condition
Smoke
Location
Rt Gcu
Part time
43,580 hours, 34,167 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

PDX - FLT 603 - DURING FLIGHT, THE NR 2 GENERATOR BUS OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH ASSOCIATED SYSTEM LIGHTS. ODOR OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE WAS NOTED, THEN DISSIPATED. SMOKE WAS NOTED COMING FROM THE GCU. REMOVED POWER FROM NR 2 GEN BUS AND SMOKE CEASED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN PDX WITHOUT INCIDENT. PDX MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RT GCU WITH THE APU GCU. FAULTY GCU NOW POSITIONED IN THE APU GCU RACK AND WAS RELEASED PER MEL 24-2. PDX MAINT RAN ENGINES AND BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT GCU''S OPERATED NORMALLY. THE APU GCU WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED AND THE MEL WAS CLEARED. (X)

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