# SDR C2XA01IA147

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 6, 2001
- Submitted: March 8, 2001
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: N14815
- Make and model: Aerosp ATR 42-320
- Registry model: [Aerosp ATR 42-320](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 104
- System (JASC): [2424 · AC Regulator](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2424)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/C2XA01IA147

## Discrepancy

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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