Service difficulty report · Gcu · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
December 4, 2009
Submitted
December 29, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N931DL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
49718
Aircraft time
56,479 hours, 43,635 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Engine time
48,798 hours, 37,990 cycles
Part
Gcu
Condition
Faulted
Location
Generator
Component
Generator
Component part number
976J2528
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

RT ENG GEN FAULT ON T/O ROLL AT 40KIAS. REPLACED RT GCU IAW MM. RAN RT ENG WITH GEN LOADED SEVERAL TIMES. OPS CK NML. VOLTS AND FREQS NML. MCO/PLAC RMVD.

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