Service difficulty report · Mfc · Aerosp ATR72212

Difficulty date
November 18, 2020
Submitted
November 19, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N820FX
Make and model
Aerosp ATR72212
Aircraft serial
248
Aircraft time
38,316 hours, 34,565 cycles
Part
Mfc
Part number
350A53001102
Part serial
392
Condition
Faulted
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMB AFTER LANDING GEAR RETRACTION THE MASTER CAUTION ON THE CAP ANNUNCIATED NR 2 DC GENERATOR FAULTED. AFTER CLIMB SEQUENCE COMPLETE PIC PERFORMED RESET. AFTER NR 2 DC GENERATOR CAME ONLINE BOTH MULTI-FUNCTION COMPUTERS (MFC) CYCLED POWER ON AND OFF ACROSS ALL CHANNELS LEADING TO INTERMITTENT POWER FLUCTUATIONS ON THE AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING ALL FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, ENGINE INSTRUMENTS, AND COCKPIT AND PANEL LIGHTING FOR APPROXIMATELY 90 SECONDS. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO FIELD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE IS TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE REPLACED NR 1 MULTI-FUNCTION COMPUTER (MFC) AND NR 1 AND NR 2 STARTER/GENERATORS. OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD. OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT SATISFACTORY.

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