Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date
July 2, 2009
Submitted
July 9, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N710TW
Make and model
Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial
28169
Aircraft time
39,780 hours, 13,797 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
38,229 hours, 13,129 cycles
Part
Idg
Condition
Low
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

R GEN DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINTAED DURING TAXI AFTER START R ENGINE CA-BIT GCU. GCU FAULTS IDG FOR SERVICING. SERVICED RT IDG PER AMM. RESET GCU. RAN ENGINE LOADED RT IDG HELD ENTIRE LOAD FOR 6 MIN. TRANSFER POWER ALL CHECKS OK. EXAMINED IDG FOR LEAK. NO DEFECTS WITNESSED ACFT OK FOR SERVICE ETOPS CATEGORY 'E': PROBLEMS WITH SYSTEMS CRITICAL TO ETOPS

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