Service difficulty report · Csd · Boeing 737400

Difficulty date
January 14, 2016
Submitted
January 19, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N353AS
Make and model
Boeing 737400
Aircraft serial
25313
Engine
Cfmint CFM563C1
Engine time
47,837 hours, 31,067 cycles
Part
Csd
Part number
735511A
Part serial
B1041
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Zone 500
Stage of operation
CL
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

A MASTER CAUTION WITH AN ELEC ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED ON ROTATION. AS THE ONLY LIGHT THAT WAS ILLUMINATED WAS THE NR 1 CSD WHICH WAS ALREADY IN THE MEL I ELECTED TO WAIT UNTIL WE WERE AT A ALTITUDE A QRH FOR THE ILLUMINATED LIGHT, 2,000 FT. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES LATER ANOTHER MASTER CAUTION, WITH AN ELEC ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE FLIGHT DECK. THIS TIME THE NR 2 CSD LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WAS FLICKERING. THE OIL TEMP IN BOTH IN AND RISE WAS OF THE SCALE. DISCUSSED OUR OPTIONS WITH CAPTAIN AND ELECTED TO USE CAPTAINS DISCRETION NOT TO RUN THE QRH PROCEDURE FOR THE NR 2 CSD BECAUSE A DUAL GENERATOR FAILURE IN BAD WEATHER. WE ALSO DECIDED TO DIVERT AND DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED OF OUR DECISION TO DIVERT AND WE LANDED WITH NO FURTHER EVENT.

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