Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
October 6, 2009
Submitted
October 7, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28707
Aircraft time
47,474 hours, 13,202 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Gcu
Part number
M734284DF
Part serial
188
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT ABOUT 500FT' ON FINAL APPROACH L GEN TRIPPED OFF LINE. BITE TEST OF BPCU SHOWED "IDG HIGH RISE TEMP" AND "RPL GCU (D9)". MSGS CALL FOR RPL OF GCU. REPLACED LEFT ENG GCU. IDG OIL LEVEL WAS OK. IDG ELEC CONNECTOR WAS CLEANED. BITE TEST WAS GOOD AND MSGS ERASED. RAN L ENG FOR 5 MIN AND SWAPPED POWER NUMEROUS TIMES. GEN TAKES THE LOAD AND ALL INDICATIONS ARE NORMAL.