Service difficulty report · Gcu · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
March 6, 2018
Submitted
March 27, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N606FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48602
Aircraft time
78,408 hours, 18,789 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
750864D
Part serial
0575
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ABOUT 30 MIN INTO FLIGHT, GEN 1 OFF FLASHED ON MOMENTARTLY. ABOUT 20 MIN LATER THE GEN 1 OFF & GEN 2 OFF & GEN 3 OFF FLASHED ON AND OFF CONTINUOUSLY FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT. ALL TIE BUSSES OPENED WHEN THE GEN OFF LIGHTS CAME ON. ACCESSED EPCU THRU CFDS AND FOUND FAULTS PRESENT LAST 2 FLIGHT LEGS. LEG -1 FAULT WAS GCU-2 WIRE INTACT GCU/TR-2B, FAULT ALSO LISTED IN-AIR FLT 0440, FAULT LEG 2 WAS GCU-2. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE EPCU IAW MM 24-08-01-4. PERFORMED ELECTRICAL POWER CONTROL ADJ/TEST IAW MM 24-08-01-5, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. RAN ALL ENGINES AND APPLIED MAX LOAD WITH EXTERIOR LIGHTS AUX HYD PUMPS AND FUEL PUMPS ON. VERIFIED THAT EACH ENGINE GENERATOR WOULD POWER THE ACFT INDIVIDUALLY. ENGINES RAN IAW JRH CHAPTER 5. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE EPCU, PERFORMED REQUIRED FCC-1 AND FCC-2 AFS TESTS TO MAINTAIN ACFT LLM CAPABILITY. ALL AFS TESTS PASSED ACFT REMAINS LLM CAPABLE.

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