Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 25, 2011
Submitted
March 31, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N597UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28750
Aircraft time
48,124 hours, 13,515 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Idg
Part number
729825M
Part serial
3104530650
Condition
Faulty
Location
Left
Stage of operation
AP
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

LEFT ENGINE GEN DROPPED OFF LINE ON FINAL. RESET ON 1ST ATTEMPT. REPLACED NR 1 IDG PER MM. LEFT ENGINE IDG WAS DISCONNECTED FOR DEF. THEN DF NOT FINISHED. STILL DISCONNECTED. CONFIRMED IDG CONNECTED DURING ENG RUN. LEFT ENGINE GEN DRIVE LIGHT NOT ILLUMINATED. CREW RAN ENGINE, DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER SHUT DOWN. DUE TO CHRONIC HISTORY OF LEFT ENG IDG ISSUES, RESTRICT ACFT TO DOMESTIC ONLY OPERATIONS FOR 5 CYCLES WITH LEFT ENG IDG OPERATING NORMAL. NR 1 ENGINE IDG INOP. ELECTRIC PAGE SHOWS NO VOLTS OR FREQ. RESET GEN CONTROL SWITCH NO HELP. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE IDG IAW AMM. COMPLETED NR 1 ENGINE IDG INSTALLATION PER MM, LEAK CHECK AND TEST GOOD. DUE TO CHRONIC IDG REPLACEMENT WITH NO APPARENT LEAKS AND IDG'S FOUND WITH LOW OIL REPLACE NR 1 ENG IDG FOC AND BYPASS VALVE. REPLACED FUEL OIL EXCHANGER PER AMM AND FUEL OIL BYPASS VALVE PER AMM. ACP IDLE TEST NR 3 AND LEAK CHK OKAY.