Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 777FS2

Difficulty date
August 3, 2021
Submitted
August 9, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N887FD
Make and model
Boeing 777FS2
Aircraft serial
41066
Aircraft time
34,126 hours, 5,639 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Part number
756585F
Part serial
AAA2001679
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu Generator
Part time
64,108 hours, 5,636 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

03AUG21 MEM OVER NORTH ATLANTIC, ELEC GEN OFF R, STARTED THE APU WITH APU GEN OFF, RESET GEN PER ECL. . APPROX 2.5 LATER, GOT ELEC AC BUS R. RESE THE R BUS TIE PER ECL, RESULTING IN SINGLE GEN OPS. CONF CALL WITH GOC, MOCC AND TECH PILOT AGAIN, USED CAPT EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO RESET THE R GEN A SECOND TIME (RESET PREVIOUSLY AFTER ENG START). R GEN RESET OKAY. UPON LDG, ELEC GEN OFF R AGAIN WITH MULTI ALTS AND STATUS MSG WITH L AND R BUS TIES IN ISLN. FACT 03AUG21 07:41 MEM INITIAL EVAL CFMD L AND R BUS TIES ISO W/ LOAD SHED OF VARIOUS SYS'. M/MSG: 24-28860 LOGGED INTMT LAST FLT-LEG (BPCU HAS NO OUTPUT ON SYS ARINC 629 BUS RIGHT). T/S REF B777 FIM: 24-41 TASK 816, CYCLED L AND R BUS TIE RELAYS AND RE-GAINED NML AC SYS PWR SUPPLY. ATTEMP TO ACCOMP CH 24 BPCU LRU SYS GND TEST(S) UNSCFL FULLY W/ TEST IND INHBTW/ ALL PREREQ MET. VRFD BPCU OPS SOFTWARE CONFIG EFCT PER ADSM SITE W/ P/N: 2405-SUU-BCU-04 INSTALLED. CYC ASSOC C/B'S, REF B777 AMM: 20-60-05-2 W/ NO HELP. UPON R&R BPCU AGAIN, REF B777 AMM: 24-41-05-4 AND RE-VERIFIED OPS EFFECTIVITY W/ ALL ASSOC TESTS PASS. ALL GEN'S CAME ONLINE NML W/ NO FAULTS; RE-DIST PWR SOURCES AND LOADS W/ NO FAULTS. SUSPECT PREV REP BPCU HAD A FAULTY CHNL OR CHNL GOING BAD, ONLY RVLD AFTER CPL FLT-LEGS. A/C OK FOR SVC.

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