Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 11, 2018
Submitted
December 13, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N479AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
60576
Aircraft time
13,953 hours, 4,596 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
762185H
Part serial
1799
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1
Part time
48,124 hours, 22,028 cycles
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

NR 1 TRANSFER BUS OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT CRUISE FL230. ACCOMPLISHED QRH, BUS WOULD NOT RESET, TRANSFERRED TO APU BUS. GROUNDED - YES. REMOVED AND REPLACED #1 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT REF AMM 24-21-81/401. INSTALLATION TEST PASSED. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL TEST OF AC GENERATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM PER AMM 24-21-00-700-803 - ALL TESTS PASS.