Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date
June 10, 2005
Submitted
June 14, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N805AM
Make and model
Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial
26272
Aircraft time
36,772 hours, 14,127 cycles
Part
Idg
Part number
729825L
Part serial
01393
Condition
Failed
Location
Left
Part time
13,985 hours, 5,212 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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 AS A CONSEQUENCE OF DURING THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED, THE N2 REACHED 30 PERCENT AND IT DID NOT INCREASE. THE LEFT ENGINE WAS STARTED AGAIN OPENING THE STARTER VALVE MANUALLY AND IT STARTED TO SLOW, APPEARING THE L DRIVE AND L GEN OFF IN SUPERIOR PANEL MESSAGES AND L GEN OFF AND L DRIVE OFF EICAS MESSAGES COME ON. DURING REVISION WAS DETECTED OIL LEAK IN LEFT IDG; THE DPI WAS REVISED, BUT FAIL CONTINUED. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND LEFT IDG WAS REPLACED IAW MM 24-11-01, TESTED CORRECT.

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