Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
June 4, 2009
Submitted
June 5, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N785UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26954
Aircraft time
54,074 hours, 7,904 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Gcu
Part number
756603E
Part serial
76
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ELEC GEN SYS L STATUS MESSAGE. FOLLOWED BY GALLEY LOAD SHED INDICATIONS. BUS TIE SWITCH DID NOT INDICATE ISOLATED HOWEVER NO CONNECTION ON SYNOPTIC PAGE TO BUS TIE. APU GEN & BUG ALSO DID NOT INDICATE IT WAS POWERING THE L BUS. CREW CYCLED L GEN SWITCH TO OFF THEN BACK ON AND NML IND RET. BOEING AHM DETECTED FAULT MSG 24-38801-GCU L HAS NO OUTPUT ON ANY BUS. REPLACED NR 1 GCU, INSTALLED NEW SOFTWARE, RAN ENGINE, ALL OKAY.