Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
January 7, 2010
Submitted
January 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N551UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25399
Aircraft time
68,950 hours, 19,906 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Idg
Part number
729825M
Part serial
C1106
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

EICAS MSG L GEN DRIVE DISPLAYED.GEN DRIVE LGT ILLUM. GEN DRIVE DISCONNECTED. CREW COMMENTS: L GEN DRIVE LIGHT ON. APU OK. FOUND L ENG IDG WITH MULTIPLE HOLES, DIFF PRESS INDICATOR POPPED. DRAINED IDG OIL, SMELLED NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL. MOTORED ENGINE TO ENSURE IDG DISCONNECTED. INSPECTED AREA AROUND IDG AND COWLING, NO OTHER DEFECTS FOUND. REPLACED NR 1 IDG LEAK & OPS CHKD NORMAL.