Service difficulty report · Ground Wire · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
September 9, 2009
Submitted
September 15, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8505Q
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Aircraft serial
7505
Aircraft time
19,678 hours, 16,929 cycles
Part
Ground Wire
Condition
Disconnected
Location
Idg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON CLIMBOUT FROM KDTW, THE IDG1 CAUTION MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED THE QRH WHICH REQUIRED DISCONNECTING THE IDG AND STARTING THE APU. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE APU WAS STARTED, THE FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED AN APU OIL TEMP CAUTION MESSAGE. SINCE THE APU GENERATOR WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE TWO GENERATORS FOR CONTINUED FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT CREW AGAIN PERFORMED THE QRH, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO KPIT. AN OTHERWISE NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING WAS MADE AT KPIT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE GROUND WIRE TO THE IDG OIL TEMP BULB DISCONNECTED. THE WIRE WAS RECONNECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RUN UP. THE IDG1 CHECKED NORMAL. THE APU WAS DEFERRED IAW ESTABLISHED MEL PROCEDURES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE.