Service difficulty report · Transformer · Boeing 7879

Difficulty date
October 21, 2026
Submitted
October 26, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N29977
Make and model
Boeing 7879
Aircraft serial
66136
Aircraft time
29,727 hours, 2,993 cycles
Engine
Ge GENX1B76AP
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Transformer
Part number
T374290
Part serial
1790
Condition
Faulted
Part time
18 hours, 3 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Z
Precautionary procedure
A, D

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

What was found

ELEC ATU L LEFT AUTOTRANSFORMER UNIT FAILURE.DB LEFT 1 GENERATOR CONTROL UNITREMOVED AND REPLACED ATUC-L CONTACTOR REF AMM DMC-B787-A-24-22-05-00A-520A/720A-A. OPS CHECK NORMAL. PERFORMED WIRING CHECKS AS REFERENCED IN FIM TASK DMC-B787-A-24-20-F0-47A-421A-A. NO FAULTS NOTED. REPLACED CONTACTOR STATED IN PREVIOUS ENTRY CURRENTLY NO FAULTS SHOWING ON STATUS PAGE. BUT DUE TO HISTORY OF REPEAT FAULTS OF LEFT ATU TECH SUPPORT RECOMMENDS REPLACEMENT OF LEFT ATU ALSO. R & R LT ATU REF DMC-B787-A-24-25-00-01A-520A-A / DMC-B787-A-24-25-00-01A-720A-A, OPS GOOD.

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