Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date
June 2, 2005
Submitted
June 4, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805AM
Make and model
Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial
26272
Aircraft time
36,693 hours, 14,197 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Idg
Part number
729825J
Part serial
C1003
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Side
Part time
5,401 hours, 435 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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, LT GENERATOR FAILURE, APU DID NOT START AT 35 000 FT, 24 22 25 EICAS MESSAGES, 01 GEN OFF DISPLAYED AND 01 AS BUSS OFF REMAINED ILLUMINATED. QRH ABNORMAL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED, PAGE 09-03, RETURNING. DURING TEST WAS DETECTED LOW QUANTITY OF OIL AND LEAK IN THE IDG, IT WAS REPLACED. LATER, AIRCRAFT RETURNED, AGAIN 24 11 03 EICAS MESSAGES, 01 GEN DRIVE DISPLAYED AND GEN DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. QRH ABNORMAL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED PAGE 09-04, RETURNING. THE APU WAS TIRED TO START SEVERAL TIMES AND IT STARTED AT 20 000 FT. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE, THE LT IDG WAS REPLACED IAW MM 24-11-01 AND SENSORS MODULE WAS REPLACED IAW MM 49-53-08, TESTED CORRECT.

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