Service difficulty report · Electrical Sys · Boeing 717200

Difficulty date
December 23, 2014
Submitted
December 26, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N958AT
Make and model
Boeing 717200
Aircraft serial
55020
Aircraft time
40,459 hours, 27,651 cycles
Part
Electrical Sys
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE FLIGHT CREW RETURNED TO DEPARTURE DUE TO LOSS OF BOTH AC BUSSES AND SUBSEQUENT ERRATIC CYCLING OF AC ELECTRICAL POWER. AT THE TIME OF THIS ODI EVENT, THE RT IDG WAS DEFERRED DUE TO A RT GENERATOR OFF MESSAGE ON A PRIOR LEG. PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING IAW FIM 24-08-00-810 801. NO FAULTS ON EPCU OR ANY PCDU. RAN BOTH ENGINES WITH APU RUNING AND NOT RUNNING WITH NO TROUBLE FOUND. ALL BUSS TIE FUNCTIONS WERE NORMAL. REPLACED LT BUSS TIE CONTACTOR, PDCU, AND LT GENERATOR CONTACTOR IAW AMM 24-21. REPLACED RT PDCU, RT GENERATOR RELAY, BUSS TIE RELAY AND EPCU AMM 24-21. PERFORMED RESISTANCE CHECK RT PDCU AND RT GENERATOR AND PIN TENSION CHECK OF SAME IAW WDM 24-21-21-02. RAN BOTH ENGINES AND POWER TRANSFERRED BUSSES LT TO RT, RT TO LT, APU TO RT & APU TO LT WITH ALL CHECKED NORMAL IAW AMM 24-10. THE ACFT HAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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