Service difficulty report · Generator · Boeing 767375

Difficulty date
June 5, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 767375
Part
Generator
Part number
739515B
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Rt Idg
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

(CAN) ON RAMP, AFTER START, INTERMITTENT STATUS APPEARED "LIDG TEMP SENS". STATUS WENT OUT AND DID NOT OCCUR AGAIN. ON CLIMB OUT "RIDG TEMP SENS" STATUS MESSAGE INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED AND WENT OUT. FIVE HOURS LATER "RIDG TEMP SENS" REAPPEARED ALONG WITH EICAS MESSAGE "R GEN DRIVE". RIGHT GENERATOR DRIVE DISCONNECTED AND APU STARTED. AIRCRAFT LANDED, MEL APPLIED, AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FLIGHT. IN CRUISE "LIDG TEMP SENS" APPEARED THEN LATER EICAS MESSAGE "L GEN DRIVE". REPLACED BOTH INTEGRATED DRIVE GENERATORS.