Service difficulty report · Gcu · Airbus A300B4622R

Difficulty date
October 30, 2009
Submitted
November 3, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N740FD
Make and model
Airbus A300B4622R
Aircraft serial
559
Aircraft time
38,597 hours, 14,765 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
740120B
Part serial
0804
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1
Part time
32,738 hours, 12,283 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

NR1 GEN FAULTED ON TAKEOFF. TRIED ONE RESET. NO HELP. PERFORMED BITE TEST OF GROUND PWR CONTROL UNIT IAW TSM 24-00-00 PAGE 102. GOT A FAULT CODE "SHORTED PMG". IAW TSM 24-00-00 PAGE 151, REPLACE GCU. ALL OPS CKS ON THE NR1 GEN WERE NORMAL OK FOR SERVICE.

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