Service difficulty report · Idg · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
July 21, 2010
Submitted
July 23, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N484UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
1609
Aircraft time
28,680 hours, 12,783 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Idg
Part number
766219
Part serial
3422
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ELEC SYS ISSUE, RTFL. WHILE ACCOMPLISHING EG4522 FOUND UNDER TORQUED SENSOR LEADS ON PHASE A & C AT BOTTOM OF GEN 1 CONT MODULE. THIS WAS NOT PART OF GLC 1 INSTALLATION. REMOVED WIRES AND INSPECTED, NO CORROSION OR ARCING FOUND. CLEANED TERMINALS AND RE-INSTALLED AND TORQUED. SEVEN SMALL GAUGE SENSOR WIRES REMOVED FROM FEEDER CABLE STUDS AT BOTTOM OF GLC 1. WIRES ARE COLOR CODED TO FEEDER CABLE. RE-INSTALLED WIRES AFTER MEGGER. CK. OPS TEST ACP'D ON ENG RUN. NEED TO RUN ENG AND ACP OPS TEST OF GEN NR 1. ACP'D NR 1 GEN OPS TEST ON ENG RUN, ALL OK. REPLACED IDG & GCU.

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