Service difficulty report · Gcu · Aerosp ATR42320

Difficulty date
March 6, 2001
Submitted
March 8, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14815
Make and model
Aerosp ATR42320
Aircraft serial
104
Part
Gcu
Part number
243211
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LFT - FLIGHT 3431, THE CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT FOLLOWED BY THE NUMBER 2 A/C WILD GENERATOR FAULTING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LFT WITHOUT INCIDENT WHERE MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND PLACED THE NUMBER 2 A/C WILD GENERATOR ON MEL 24-22-04 CONTORL NUMBER 009893, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT IAH ON FLIGHT 2914, WHERE MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NUMBER TWO A/C WILD GENERATOR CONTORL UNIT, AND THE A/C WILD GENERATOR AS A PRECAUTION, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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