Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
March 8, 2010
Submitted
March 10, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N581AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35188
Aircraft time
10,870 hours, 3,449 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
762185F
Part serial
2407
Condition
Faulted
Location
Nr 1
Part time
28,532 hours, 11,040 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

NR 1 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT SHOWS "GCU FAIL" FAULT LIGHT AND WILL NOT RESPOND TO BITE. REMOVED AND REPLACED GCU 1. ETOPS ROTABLE COMPONENT VERIFICATION. C/B P6 4 F10 CLOSED. PERFORMED GCU INSTALLATION TEST AND OPERATIONAL TEST OF AC GENERATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM ALL TESTS PASS.