Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 767424ER

Difficulty date
June 15, 2001
Submitted
June 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N76055
Make and model
Boeing 767424ER
Aircraft serial
29450
Aircraft time
1,147 hours, 183 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
766300F
Part serial
0075
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
1,147 hours, 183 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE RT GENERATOR AND RT AC BUS WERE LOST AND SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT AND CABIN WHILE EN ROUTE FROM EWR TO GRU. THE APU WAS STARTED, BUT IT WOULD NOT RECOVER THE RT AC BUS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO BSB WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE RT GCU BURNED OUT. THE RT GCU WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.