Service difficulty report · Bus Gen Cont · Doug DC981

Difficulty date
July 25, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N37882
Make and model
Doug DC981
Aircraft serial
48027
Part
Bus Gen Cont
Part number
914F5655
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Equip Instl
Part time
9,334 hours
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BOTH GENERATOR OFF-LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND ALL GENERATOR POWER WAS LOST DURING CLIMB AT 9,000 FEET. THE AC CROSSTIE LOCKOUT LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. THE GENERATORS WERE RESET AND OPERATION WAS NORMAL, BUT THE AC CROSSTIE LOCKOUT LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE BUS GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT AT FAULT. THE BUS GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE ENGINES WERE RUN AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. PART TOTAL CYCLES 6,407.

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