Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
September 11, 2012
Submitted
October 5, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N782UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26948
Aircraft time
68,317 hours, 9,771 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Gcu
Part number
75660E
Part serial
94
Condition
Faulty
Location
Nr 1
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ELEC GEN SYSTEM LEFT IDG HAS DISCONNECTED OR A PROTECTIVE TRIP OF THE GENERATOR CONTROL BREAKER HAS OCCURRED OR A PROTECTIVE TRIP OF THE BTB HAS OCCURRED. STATUS MSG01- LATCHED CLIMB MODE DEPENDENT; GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT (L) HAS AN INTERNAL FAULT. DB-GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT (L) MSG-2430031 LATCHD CL MODE REPLACED LEFT GCU PER MM. RAN ENGINE, OPS CHECKED NORMAL.