Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
July 14, 2021
Submitted
July 20, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N457AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36355
Aircraft time
27,261 hours, 8,800 cycles
Part
Idg
Part number
761574B
Part serial
AAAH010115
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nr 2
Part time
27,309 hours, 8,811 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

3 HRS 45 MIN. INTO FLIGHT AT FL 380 THE #2 ENG DRIVEN GENERATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED THE DRIVE DISCONNECT SWITCH WAS USED TO DISCONNECT THE GENERATURE AND THE APU WAS STARTED AND PUT ON THE BUS. GROUNDED - YES. PERFORMED B737-900 TASK 24-11-11-080-801 FOUND CONTAMINATION IN IDG FILTER. FLUSHED PLUMING LINES IN IDG EXTERNAL OIL COOLING CIRCUIT IAW B737-900 AMM 24-11-41. REMOVED AND REPLACED #2 ENG IDG IAW 24-11-11 UP TO STEP (I). IDG INSTALLATION TEST REQUIRED PER AMM 24-11-11, IDG AIL/OIL COOLER AND IDG OIL COOLER REQUIRE REPLACEMENT A&P TSAR174M.