Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
April 22, 2011
Submitted
May 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N784UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26951
Aircraft time
62,486 hours, 8,965 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Idg
Part number
767146A
Part serial
10642
Condition
Failed
Location
Right
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

ELECTRICAL GENERATOR SYS RT IDG HAS DISCONNECTED OR A PROTECTIVE TRIP OF THE GENERATOR CONTROL BREAKER HAS OCCURRED OR A PROTECTIVE TRIP OF THE BTB HAS OCCURRED. ELECT GEN OFF RT EICAS MSG AT ENGINE START. RIGHT IDG INOPERATIVE. TRIED SWAPPING GCU 1 AND 2 PER MM, NO HELP STILL HITTING GENERATOR RETURNED GCU 1 AND 2 TO ORIGINAL POSITIONS. REMOVED NR 2 ENG IDG. REPLACED RT IDG PER MM, OPS CHECK NORMAL.