Service difficulty report · Selector Switch · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
June 26, 2004
Submitted
June 30, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N583MD
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
49659
Aircraft time
37,103 hours, 2,876 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D1
Part
Selector Switch
Condition
Failed
Location
Generator
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM, APU OUT OF SERVICE AND ENGINE GENERATORS WITHOUT INDICATION OF VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY. CIRCUIT BREAKERS B1-204, B1-205 AND B1-206 WERE CHECKED AND SWITCH SELECTOR S1-99 WAS REPLACED IAW MM 24-21-01, TEST CORRECT.

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