Service difficulty report · Tru · Doug MD9030

Difficulty date
August 21, 2005
Submitted
September 14, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N916DN
Make and model
Doug MD9030
Aircraft serial
53396
Aircraft time
25,272 hours, 13,129 cycles
Engine
Iae V2528D5
Engine time
11,286 hours, 6,091 cycles
Part
Tru
Part number
242710071
Part serial
42A0032
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APPROX 10 MINS AFTER T/O LEFT GENERATOR TRIPPED OFF LINE AND WOULD NOT RESET. APU WAS STARTED IAW PROCEDURE. LOSS OF CAPTS FLT DIRECTOR, NR 1 VOR, AND ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS WERE CONTINUALLY FLICKERING AND DISPLAYING ERRONEOUS DATA. GROUND PROXIMITY C/B WAS DISCOVERED POPPED AND WOULD NOT RESET. OAP SCREEN WOULD DISPLAY FLICKERING MESSAGES THAT WERE UNREADABLE. REPLACED TRU AND COOLING FAN.

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