Service difficulty report · Gcu · Doug DC983

Difficulty date
December 17, 2000
Submitted
December 19, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9413T
Make and model
Doug DC983
Aircraft serial
53188
Aircraft time
17,282 hours, 8,358 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
947F9453
Part serial
0704
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, G
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN CRUISE FLIGHT WITH RT GEN INOPERATIVE THE APU GEN TRIPPED OFF LINE. THE LT GEN BECAME ERRATIC AND FAILED TO PICK UP THE LOAD, FOLLOWED BY LT AC BUS REPEATEDLY COMING ON AND OFF LINE RAPIDLY THEN COMPLETELY DROPPING OFF LINE. NO GENERATOR WOULD MAINTAIN ANY LOAD. MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT BIS. REPLACED THE RT CSD, PN 696233B, AND GEN PN 976J252-8. FOR APU REPLACED APU GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT PN 947F9453 SERIAL NBR 0704. FOR LT GEN REPLACED THE CROSS TIE RELAY PN 914F567-4 S/N WL 991, AC BUS CONTROL PANEL PN 914F5655 S/N 2T1123, AND LT GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT PN 947F9453 S/N 4296. CHECK-C 8-10-00 STL.

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