Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 737214

Difficulty date
August 11, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N14239
Make and model
Boeing 737214
Aircraft serial
19920
Part
Gcu
Part number
915F2125
Condition
Inoperative
Location
P6 Panel
Part time
15,620 hours
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE LEFT BUS OFF LIGHT COME ON SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE LIGHT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ELECTRICAL ODOR OR AIR CONDITIONING PACK SMELL AND A CLICKING SOUND, LIKE THAT OF A RELAY OPENING AND CLOSING, THE SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM BEHIND THE SECOND OFFICER'S SEAT. THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND THE ODOR DISSIPATED ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ATL WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE CHECKED THE ELECTRICAL OPERATION OF BOTH ENGINE GENERATORS AND FOUND BOTH GOOD. THE LEFT GCU WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE APU GENERATOR WITH MAXIMUM LOAD GAVE ALL NORMAL PARAMETERS.