Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 757231

Difficulty date
June 22, 2009
Submitted
June 26, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N721TW
Make and model
Boeing 757231
Aircraft serial
29954
Aircraft time
32,196 hours, 11,295 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Gcu
Part number
734284F
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

LEFT ENGINE DRIVEN GEN DOES NOT POWER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AFTER LEFT ENG START APU WAS SHUTDOWN AND ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST LT/RT GEN SHOWS GCU ON BPCU. CLEAR BPCU AND RESEAT LT GCU RAN LT AND RT ENG GEN OPS AND INDICATION NORMAL OIL LEVEL NORMAL ON LT IDG ETOPS CATEGORY 'E': PROBLEMS WITH SYSTEMS CRITICAL TO ETOPS