Service difficulty report · Gcu · Doug MD1030F

Difficulty date
September 7, 2014
Submitted
September 8, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N317FE
Make and model
Doug MD1030F
Aircraft serial
46835
Aircraft time
93,004 hours, 26,497 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
766972
Part serial
0086
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 3
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

APPROX 1 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF, RUNWAY 36R, GEN 3 OFF. ALERT SHORTLY AFTER THAT GEN 1 OFF. ALERT ACCOMPLISHED GEN 3 DISCONNECTED AFTER GEN 3 FAIL ALERT, 10 SEC AFTER 1ST ALERT. GEN 1 RESET ONCE, BUT SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED AGAIN. GEN 1 DISCONNECT IAW QRH. FINALLY RECEIVED TR 1 FAULT FAIL ALERT. QRH FOLLOWED, RETURNED TO EMER LANDING RWY 36C. R & R THE NR 1 & 3 ENG GCU'S IAW AMM CHPT 2 4-21-02-2. RAN BOTH ENGS IAW JRH, VOLTS & FREQS WERE SAT, ALSO EPCU RTS WAS SAT. PERFORMED DC TIE TRANSFORMER 1 RECTIFIER TEST IAW AMM CHPT 2 4-30-00-5. ALL TEST WAS SAT. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.

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