Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
February 20, 2018
Submitted
February 22, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N533AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35201
Aircraft time
27,925 hours, 8,185 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
762185H
Part serial
AAA6010808
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2
Part time
27,915 hours, 8,181 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
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

AT ABOUT 13000 FT, ON DESCENT, THE NR 2 TRANSFER BUSS ILLUMINATED, RAN CHECKLIST AND STAYED ILLUMINATED. ACFT GROUNDED. ACFT HAS HISTORY IAW LP 11863942, & 11863925 IAW FIM 24-21, 822 & AMM 24-21-00-700-803. OPS TEST FOR AC GENERATION & CONT SYS, TRANSFERRED PWR FROM ALL SOURCES WITH NO DEFICIENCIES NOTED. DUE TO HISTORY, REPLACED THE NR 2 ENGINE GCU IAW AMM 24-21-81-400-801 BPCU REF AMM 24-41-21-400-801 & GENERATOR CONT BREAKER #2 (C802) & BUS TIE BREAKER NR 2 (C805). ALT DEACTIVATION PROCEDURES USED FOR ALL COMPONENTS CHANGED IAW TABLE 3 ITEM #1. ALL DEACTIVATION PROCEDURES REVERSED AFTER. ALL OPS CK'S OK REF AMM 24-21-00-700-803. PERFORMED TEST 4 TIMES. IAW WDM 24-23-21 FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. ADDITIONAL BITE TEST OF BPCU & NR 2 GCU PERFORMED AFTER ENGINE RUNS & PWR XFERS. NO DEFICIENCIES NOTED. IAW FIM 24-21 TASK 801, & AMM 24-41-21-400-801.