Service difficulty report · Generator · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
March 19, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N951U
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49245
Part
Generator
Part number
976J2528
Condition
Worn
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

JFK - FLT 8703 - THE LEFT GEN FAILED, NO VOLTS OR FREQS. APU STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY FOR 30 MINUTES THEN APU GEN FAILED, NO VOLTS OR FREQS RETURNED TO JFK. THE LEFT GEN WAS DEFERRED PER MEL, AND THE APU GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. IN FLIGHT, THE APU GENERATOR RAN NORMAL FOR AWHILE THEN FAILED. FLT AGAIN RETURNED TO JFK. REPLACED THE LEFT CSD MFG PN 696233B, AND THE APU GENERATOR. (M)

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