Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 7572G5

Difficulty date
September 28, 2022
Submitted
September 29, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N962FD
Make and model
Boeing 7572G5
Aircraft serial
24176
Aircraft time
72,474 hours, 28,286 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
7342B4D
Part serial
1499
Condition
Failed
Stage of operation
AP
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

ON FINAL TO KSBD LOST THE LEFT AC BUS. WE HAD L GEN OFF, L BUS OFF, AND L BUS TIE TO ISLN ON THE OVERHEAD PANEL. LOST ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT ON CAPTAIN SIDE. FLAPS AT 20 DEGREES. WENT AROUND AND RAN THE AC BUS OFF CHECKLIST. WE WE ABLE TO GET THE LEFT BUS BACK BUT NEVER RECOVERED THE LEFT GENERATOR. COORDINATED WITH GOC AND MOCC TO DIVERT TO KONT. RELEASED FOR SERVICE . BASED ON PDIS LIST OF FAILURES, SUSPECT L ENG GCU. R & R L ENG GCU. OPS CK OK.

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