Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
August 5, 2018
Submitted
August 8, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N581AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35188
Aircraft time
43,068 hours, 12,927 cycles
Part
Idg
Part number
761574B
Part serial
0770
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1
Part time
64,479 hours, 23,056 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

DURING CLIMB AT FL250, THE NR 1 ENGINE DRIVEN GENERATOR DISCONNECTED AND A SOURCE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH A MASTER COUTION LIGHT ELEC ALSO ILLUMINATED. ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE GENERATOR IT DID NOT RE-POWER THE SOURCE LIGHT. APU WAS STARTED AND IT DID EXTINGUISH THE SOURCE LIGHT. ACFT GROUNDED. TROUBLESHOT DETERMINED IDG FAULT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE IDG IAW AMM 24-11-11-080-801. NO CONTAMINATION FOUND. INSTALLED AND OPS CHECK NEW IDG IAW AMM 24-11-11-400-801.