Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
September 22, 2009
Submitted
September 23, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N903FD
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27124
Aircraft time
48,855 hours, 20,232 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
3B413A
Part serial
986
Condition
Damaged
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STARTED TO "FADE" IN AND OUT. SEEMED TO BE THE LT SIDE ELECTRICAL, AUTOPILOTS AND AUTO THROTTLES BECAME INTERMITTENT. WHEN A/P WOULD BE WORKING IT HAD A PRONOUNCED BUMP IN PITCH LIKE AIR IN HYD SYS. CAPT'S FMC TIMED OUT AND WOULD NOT RECOVER. EICAS'S WENT BLACK. GOT AUTO PILOT DISCONNECT WARNING WITH A/P DISCONNECTED AND HAND FLYING. REMOVED AND REPLACED LT GCU, OPS CHECKED IAW MM 24-22-02-4. OPS CHECK GOOD. RAN LT ENG IAW JRH CHAPTERS 5 AND 6 WITH ENGINE RUNNING, ISOLATED SHIPS POWER TO LT GENERATOR, FREQS AND VOLTS WITHIN LIMITS IAW MM 24-00-00-0.

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