What was found
AIR TURN BACK DEPARTING NR 2 DC GENERATOR FAULTED IN FLIGHT. ONE RESET WAS ATTEMPTED UNSUCCESSFULLY. PILOT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MX TROUBLESHOT SYS AND FOUND NR 2 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT BAD. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 2 GCU.
- Difficulty date
- September 25, 2009
- Submitted
- September 29, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N821FX
- Make and model
- Aerosp ATR72202
- Aircraft serial
- 253
- Aircraft time
- 30,736 hours, 29,651 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 2430 · DC Generating System
- Part
- Gcu
- Part number
- 10200311
- Part serial
- 1239
- Condition
- Faulted
- Location
- Dc Generator
- Stage of operation
- CL
- 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.