Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 7377BX

Difficulty date
January 15, 2017
Submitted
January 20, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N737KA
Make and model
Boeing 7377BX
Aircraft serial
30740
Aircraft time
29,211 hours, 17,128 cycles
Part
Idg
Part number
761574B
Part serial
0679
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Engine
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.

What was found

THE NR 2 SOURCE OFF/ GENERATOR OFF LIGHT CAME ON IN CLIMB AND WOULD NOT RESET. ON THE GROUND, THE GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT SHOWED AN IDG FAULT LIGHT. RESET THE GCU AND PERFORMED AN ENGINE RUN WITH NO FAULTS RECURRING ON THE GCU. WHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION OF THE IDG, FOUND THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE INDICATOR POPPED. INSPECTED THE IDG FILTER AND FOUND NO DEFECTS. EACH TIME THE DPI WAS RESET AND THEN AN ENGINE RUN WAS PERFORMED THE DPI WOULD POP IN A FEW MINUTES. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE IDG. OPERATIONAL CHECKS NORMAL.

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