Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 7373G7

Difficulty date
February 14, 2003
Submitted
March 14, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N322AW
Make and model
Boeing 7373G7
Aircraft serial
25400
Aircraft time
36,919 hours, 25,282 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
948F4583
Part serial
WF080
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 2 Generator
Part time
55,650 hours, 43,393 cycles
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PHX - EMERGENCY LANDING - FLT 0587 - ON DECENT INTO PHX EN ROUTE FROM IND APPROX 30 MINUTES OUT, LOST POWER TO NR 2 TRANSFER BUS, SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS AFFECTED, DECLARED EMERGENCY, LANDED WITHOUT EVENT. MAINT FOUND THE NR 2 TRANSFER BUS CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND EXAMINED THE NR 2 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT (GCU) AND R4 RELAY CONNECTIONS IAW BMM'S 24-24-01, 24-51-41, AND 24-58-21, NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NO. 2 GCU IAW BMM 24-21-81, PG. 401. PERFORMED ENGINE RUN, NO FAULTS NOTED. VENDOR BENCH TEST OF GCU S/N WF080 CONFIRMED FAILURE OF UNIT FOR FAILING FREQUENCY AND DROPOUT TEST. REPLACED RELAY , RELAY , TRANSISTOR SEMICONDZENER, AND SPACER. UNIT REPAIRED AND TEST IAW.

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