# SDR COEA2014120310803

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: December 3, 2014
- Submitted: December 4, 2014
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N803FX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N803FX), registered now
- Make and model: Aerosp ATR 72-212
- Registry model: [Aerosp ATR 72-212](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr-72-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 362
- Aircraft time: 35,078 hours, 38,951 cycles
- System (JASC): [2497 · Electrical Power System Wiring](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2497)
- Part: Wire
- Condition: Chafed
- Location: Nr 1 Generator
- Stage of operation: CL
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COEA2014120310803

## Discrepancy

AIR TURN BACK.  ON DEPARTURE DURING CLIMB, THE NR 1 ACW GEN FAULTED.  THE QRH WAS CONSULTED & THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN.  NO EMER WAS DECLARED.  THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  DUE TO ICING CONDITIONS ENROUTE THE ACW GEN WAS NOT DEFERRABLE. AFTER EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING, MX FOUND A CHAFED WIRE IN THE NR 1 ACW GEN HARNESS. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED, OPERATIONS CHECKED GOOD & ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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