Service difficulty report · Generator · Boeing 74746NF

Difficulty date
July 24, 2026
Submitted
July 29, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N454PA
Make and model
Boeing 74746NF
Aircraft serial
30812
Aircraft time
99,415 hours, 16,560 cycles
Part
Generator
Part number
28826313B
Part serial
4204
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CREW SET UP IAW DDG 49-11-01. CREW ISOLATED THAT LT PNEUMATIC & RT UTILITY. CREW STARTED NR 4 ENG. DURING START, AT THE TIME, NR 4 ENG GOING TO TAKE OVER POWER BY GEN FROM ENGINE. THE ACFT STARTED TO SHED LOAD POWER. THEN LT SIDE WHICH IS POWERED BY LT EXT POWER 1 SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. ACFT WENT DARK THEN CAME UP ON BATTERY POWER. BOTH THE EXT POWER 1 & 2 SHOWED LIGHTS AND AVAILABLE. CAPT SELECTED EXT PWR 1 & JET POWERED FOR APPROX 30 SEC THEN SHED LOADED. NR 4 ENG STILL RUNNING. CAPT ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN NR 4. A STRONG & PREVALENT ODOR OF ELECT BURNING. FOLLOWED BY A LIGHT HAZE OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT. PERFORMED SMOKE OR FUMES IN CABIN INSPECTION. NO FAULTS FOUND. PERFORMED FIM 21-00 TASK 810. NO DEFECTS. WORK DONE IAW AMM 05-51-56. PERFORMED POWER CHK ON APU 1 GEN TERMINAL T1, T2, T3 & FOUND ABNORMAL VOLTAGE IAW WDM 24-21-51 & FIM 24-21 TASK 805. REPLACED APU NR 1 GEN. OPS TEST NORMAL IAW AMM 24-21-03 AND AIPC 24-21-03-01.

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