Service difficulty report · Regulator · Boeing 727247

Difficulty date
August 16, 2005
Submitted
September 1, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 727247
Engine
Pwa JT8D15
Part
Regulator
Part number
69187094
Condition
Unserviceable
Location
Ac System
Part time
63,988 hours, 44,386 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

(CAN) AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF NR 1 GENERATOR SYSTEM ON APPROACH. THE FLAP INDICATION SYSTEM INDICATED A FLAP OUT OF ASYMMETRIC CONDITION CA USING THE CREW TO ABORT THE LANDING AND DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON SECOND APPROACH AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE NR 1 GENERATOR SYSTEM VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAD FAILED. BY THE NR 1 GENERATOR SYSTEM FAILURE, THIS CAUSED A ERRONEOUS FLAP ASYMMETRY FAULT. THE NR 1 VOLTAGE REGULATOR WAS SWAPPED WITH THE APU VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND THE APU VOLTAGE REGULATOR SYSTEM WAS MEL'D. ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED SERVICEABLE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.