Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
January 24, 2017
Submitted
January 27, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N946FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
24398
Aircraft time
49,451 hours, 31,082 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
734284C
Part serial
1440
Condition
Faulty
Location
Left
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

REPEAT WRITE-UP L GEN OFF EICAS ON APPROACH. RUN CHECK LIST AND RESET THE L GEN CONT SWITCH AND GENERATOR CAME BACK ON LINE. DECLARED EMERGENCY. ALL INSPECTIONS SATISFACTORY. RECONNECTED L IDG PER AMM 24-11-01-6. OPENED & CLOSED L ENGINE FAN COWLS PER AMM 71-11-04-2. PER MTSI 24-10/5724, REMOVED & REPLACED L GCU IAW AMM 24-22-02-4. RESET BPCU & PERFORMED BITE TEST PER FIM 24-20 TASK 804. ALL TESTS SATISFACTORY. RAN BOTH ENGINES PER JRH WITH FULL ELECTRIC & PNEUMATIC LOAD. ALL ELECTRICAL LOAD PARAMETERS ON L ENGINE NORMAL. NO FAULTS NOTED. PERFORMED BPCU BITE TEST AFTER EGR. NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. A/C OK FOR SERVICE