Service difficulty report · Bpcu · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
May 14, 2001
Submitted
May 18, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N984DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53311
Aircraft time
27,665 hours, 21,534 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
30,290 hours, 24,664 cycles
Part
Bpcu
Part number
947F9463
Part serial
UL1113
Condition
Faulty
Location
E/E Bay
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LT BUS POWER INTERUPTIONS AT 33000 FT. RAN AC POWER INTER- CHECKLIST. APU WAS STARTED AND EMERGENCY DECLARED AND A DESCENT INTO PHL. PHL MTC FOUND LEFT ENGINE FREQS AT 383 ON ENGINE RUN. WOULD NOT HOLD BUS WHEN LOADED DOWN. REPLACED BUSS POWER CONTROL UNIT.

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