Service difficulty report · Csd · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
April 28, 2004
Submitted
April 30, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N831LF
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53050
Aircraft time
39,627 hours, 29,285 cycles
Part
Csd
Part number
696233B
Part serial
1889
Condition
Failed
Location
Generator
Part time
16,975 hours, 8,815 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED OF FLIGHT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF LT GENERATOR LIGHT TURNED ON AND CSD WAS OUT OF SERVICE. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN TO ENGAGED CSD. THE CONTROL BOX WAS RESET AND ENGINE WAS STARTED WITH SWITCH ON "RESET" POSITION WITHOUT VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY INDICATION. LT GENERATOR CONTROL BOXES WERE INTERCHANGED WITH APU CONTROL BOXES WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. CONTROL BOXES WERE RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL POSITIONS AND APU WAS STARTED OPERATING WITH LT BUS. AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND LT GENERATOR WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 24-1-1. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE CSD, GENERATOR AND OIL HEAT EXCHANGER WERE REPLACED IAW MM 24-10-03, 24-20-00 AND 24-10-01, RESPECTIVELY, TESTS CORRECT.

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