Service difficulty report · Contactor · Airbus A300F4605R

Difficulty date
November 27, 2015
Submitted
December 3, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N655FE
Make and model
Airbus A300F4605R
Aircraft serial
742
Aircraft time
305 hours, 16,058 cycles
Part
Contactor
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1 Generator
Stage of operation
TO
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

AT LIFT OFF ON TAKEOFF, THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED. FCP WENT BLANK. ATS LEVER TRIPPED OFF. INSTRUMENTATION ON BOTH SIDES DISAPPEARED, EXCEPT FOR ADI'S & SPEED SCALES. FMS ON BOTH SIDES WENT TO INDEPENDENT OPERATIONS, FCP INTERMITTENTLY RE-ILLUMINATED, BUT SETTINGS FLUCTUATED & FCP WOULD AGAIN GO BLANK. MAINTAINED VMC & RETURNED, TOTAL TIME AIRBORNE, 10 MINUTES. FOUND THE GEN 1 9XU LINE CONTACTOR OVERHEATED, ALL OTHERS WERE COOL. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE 9XU GEN 1 LINE CONTACTOR USING THE A300-600 AMM REF 24-22-15-04.

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