Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 737890

Difficulty date
November 19, 2021
Submitted
November 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589AS
Make and model
Boeing 737890
Aircraft serial
35686
Aircraft time
50,749 hours, 14,978 cycles
Part
Idg
Part number
761574B
Part serial
AAAH005698
Condition
Inoperative
Location
#1 Engine
Part time
34,132 hours, 11,977 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER ENGINE START, NEITHER MAIN ENGINE GENERATOR WOULD COME ONLINE BOTH SHOWED 0 POWER ON THE POWER PANEL. GROUNDED - YES. PER TECH SERVICES REMOVED AND REPLACED #2 GEN CONTROL UNIT, NO HELP RECONFIGURED BACK TO ORIGINAL GCU REF B737-800 AMM 24-21-81. BOTH GCU #1 AND #2 HAVE FAULT LTS. IDG VERIFIED GEN DISCONNECT SWITCHES STILL SAFE TIED CLOSE, RAN BOTH ENGINES GEN DRIVE LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED, STILL NO VOLTS FREQ, IDG FAULT LIGHTS ON BOTH GCU CAME BACK ON. SEE L/P 60237474 FOR #2 ENG IDG FAULT. ETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM PARTS VERIFIED SEAMC DAVE CONTACTED. REPLACED #1 IDG REF AMM 24-11-11 OPS CK NORMAL REF AMM 24-11-00.