Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
August 5, 2010
Submitted
August 6, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N595UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28748
Aircraft time
49,570 hours, 13,761 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Gcu
Part number
M734284DF
Part serial
258
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 2
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J, O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ON APPLICATION OF T/O POWER RT ENG TRIPPED OFF LINE WITH EICAS MSG. SAMC TEXT: CREW REPORTS THAT RT IDG FREQ FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 419 TO 420 HZ AND THEN GOES BLANK AT IDLE. REPLACED RT GEN CONTROL UNIT IAW MM. ALSO ADJ IDG FREQUENCY 5 TURNS CW EQUAL TO 15 HZ, OP UT NOW READS 398 HZ IAW MM. ALL OPS NORMAL.