Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 6, 2014
Submitted
November 11, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N579AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35187
Aircraft time
29,432 hours, 8,840 cycles
Part
Idg
Part number
761574B
Part serial
2165
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
17,562 hours, 5,854 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DRIVE LIGHT ON NR 1 GENERATOR ILLUMINATED INFLIGHT. DISCONNECTED IDG IAW QRH. ACFT GROUNDED. FOUND METAL CONTAMINATION IN THE NR 1 IDG OIL FILTER. REMOVED THE NR 1 IDG, IDG AIR-OIL COOLER AND IDG OIL COOLER IAW 24-11-11-000-801, 24-11-21-000-801 AND 73-11-06-000-801-F00. FLUSHED THE NR 1 ENGINE PLUMBING LINES IAW AMM 24-11-11-090-801C3. INSTALLED NR 1 IDG IAW AMM 24-11-11-400-801, STEPS 3A TO 3G, 10, AND STEP 3J, AIR-OIL COOLER IAW AMM 24-11-21-400-801 STEPS 3A TO 3G, 2 AND NR 1 IDG OIL COOLER IAW AMM 73-11-06-400-801-F00. PERFORMED NR 1 ENGINE IDLE LEAK CHECKS IAW AMM 71-00-00-700-801-F00 AND OPS TEST OF NR 1 IDG IAW AMM 24-11-00-700-802. OPS CHECKED OK, LEAK CHECKED OK FOR NR 1 IDG, IDG AIR-OIL COOLER, AND IDG OIL COOLER. GROUND VERIFICATION CHECKED GOOD.