Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 737824

Difficulty date
November 15, 2025
Submitted
November 17, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N33289
Make and model
Boeing 737824
Aircraft serial
31607
Aircraft time
66,180 hours, 24,464 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
761574B
Part serial
AAAH006423
Condition
Faulted
Location
Nr 2
Part time
43,056 hours, 15,621 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

GENERATOR SOURCE OFF LIGHT, LIGHT COMES ON BUT NO FAULT LIGHT ON GCU ON GEN 2, SOURCE OFF LIGHT. WHILE TESTING AC SYSTEM, GEN & APU MODULE GEN 2 SOURCE OFF LIGHT CAME ON. GEN 1 WAS ON LINE, RESET GEN 2 & SOURCE OFF LIGHT WENT OUT. GCU 2 NOW HAS AN IDG FAULT. REMOVED IDG IAW AMM TASK 24-11-11-000-801 AND REINSTALLED IAW AMM 24-11-11-400-801. INSTALLATION TEST PASSED AND NO LEAKS NOTED. VERIFIED IDT REQUIRMENTS PER GMM AND AMM 24-11-11-400-801. OK TO CONTINUE. CHECKED WIRING FROM GCU TO IDG AND FROM GCU TO OVERHEAD GENERATOR CONTROL PANEL PER FIM 24-21 TASK 823, NO FAULTS NOTED. R & R GCU IAW AMM.