Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 747243B

Difficulty date
December 1, 2006
Submitted
December 14, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N516MC
Make and model
Boeing 747243B
Aircraft serial
22507
Aircraft time
94,022 hours, 16,938 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
21B732A
Part serial
1032
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 3
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
J, A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO JFK DUE TO NR 3 ENGINE GEN BUS TIE OPEN, FIELD OFF LIGHT ON. ZERO VOLTAGE ZERO FREQS. THEN NR 4 BUS TIE GEN OPEN FIELD OFF LIGHT ON, VOLTS AND FREQS NORMAL. REPLACED NR 3 GCU AND REPLACED THE RT BPCU BOTH ENGINES, OPS CHECKED OKAY AND ALL PARAMETERS NORMAL.