Service difficulty report · Terminal · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 2, 2019
Submitted
December 4, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N913DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49544
Aircraft time
82,874 hours, 63,832 cycles
Part
Terminal
Condition
Burned
Location
Generator
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

SDR REPORTED DUE TO EMERGENCY DECLARED PER MCC NOTIFICATION - ON DESCENT / APPROACH A/P AND A/T DISCONNECTED WITH MULTIPLE OAP LIGHTS AND LOTS OF CA / FO FLT / NAV INSTRUMENTATION - LT GEN OFF AND LT AC BUS MULTIPLE ASSOCIATED LIGHTS - RAN QRH GEN OFF PROCEDURES WITH SUCCESSFUL RESET. THEN SAME ISSUE REOCCURRED WITH IN 3 MINS. T/S PER MD88 AMM 2421 CHECKED FOR PYLON PLUG SECURITY CHECKS OK. FOUND POSSIBLE SHORT ON LOCKOUT SWITCH. REPLACED SAME. RAN ENGINES COULD NOT DUPLICATE. FOUND TERMINAL T3 & TERMINAL END BURNED AT GENERATOR. REPLACED LT ENG GENERATOR & FEEDER CABLE HARNESS PER MD88 AMM 24-20. NEEDS ENG RUN. RAN ENGINE & LOADED GENERATOR. OPS NORMAL WITH GOOD VOLTS AND FREQS. REMOVED MCO AND PLACARD. (LP6658092)

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