Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
April 17, 2016
Submitted
April 21, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35689
Aircraft time
30,779 hours, 9,477 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Shorted
Location
Rt Wing
Stage of operation
CR
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

ENROUTE AT FL360, NR 2 GEN DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DISCONNECTED NR 2 GEN DRIVE, STARTED APU & POWERED BUSS WITH APU. ACFT GROUNDED. NR 2 EDG INOP. VERIFIED AT 3 GEN AC VOLTS & CPS FREQ 0 AFTER DISCONNECT. ISOLATED SHORT BETWEEN PINS & PIN TO GROUND BTWN ENGINE FIREWALL CONNECTOR PINS IAW WDM 24-11-21. GCU 2 REMOVED IAW AMM 24-21-81-000-801. REMOVED CONNECTOR ON IDG & CONNECTOR AT FIREWALL. FOUND PINS 8 & 9 IAW SWPM 20-60-06 & 20-20-00. INSTALLED & TESTED GCU IAW AMM 24-21-81-400-801, TEST PASSED. CONNECTED CONNECTORS & OPS TESTED IAW AMM 24-11-00-700-803. ENG OPS CHECKED IAW AMM 71-00-00-801-808-F00. SYS GOOD. EDP DEPRESS VALVE TESTED GOOD IAW AMM 29-11-11-400-803-001.