Service difficulty report · Buss · Boeing 757

Difficulty date
October 11, 2022
Submitted
October 11, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N962FD
Make and model
Boeing 757
Aircraft serial
24176
Aircraft time
72,500 hours, 28,302 cycles
Part
Buss
Part number
B430
Part serial
CH42255
Condition
Failed
Location
Left
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

TURNING FINAL FOR THE RUNWAY, LOST LT GEN & LT AC BUSS, CONTINUED WITH A GO AROUND & RAN QRH & WERE ABLE ABLE TO GET A PARTIAL COCKPIT BACK. CONTINUED APPROACH AFTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. PERFORMED REMOVE AND REPLACE OF THE LT BUSS TIE BREAKER REF TSI 2420-8496 STEP 1 AND AMM 24-22-03-4. PERFORMED BPCU BITE CHECK REF AMM 24-11-00-5. BITE CHECKS GOOD. IN GATE ENGINE RUN AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECK WAS PERFORMED REF JRH AND AMM 24-11-00-5. ELECTRICAL SYS POWER TRANSFER OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. ANOTHER BPCU BITE WAS PERFORMED WITH NO FAILURES DISCOVERED. FURTHER ON GROUND SIMULATION OF THE FLIGHT CONDITION WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED. CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN REVERSED. LT ENG GEN IS NOW IN NORMAL CONDITION.