Service difficulty report · Generator · Emb EMB120ER

Difficulty date
July 13, 2012
Submitted
July 18, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N216SW
Make and model
Emb EMB120ER
Aircraft serial
120285
Aircraft time
42,023 hours, 54,596 cycles
Part
Generator
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER GENERATOR 1 FAILED TO RESET ATTEMPTED APU START. AS RPM ACCELERATED THROUGH 50 PERCENT AND APU GENERATOR CAME ONLINE, THE CENTRAL BUS WENT OFFLINE. (FLT 7786) FLASHED LEFT AND RIGHT GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT FIELDS. PARALLELED MAIN, AUXILIARY AND APU GENERATOR CONTROL UNITS.

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