Service difficulty report · Idg · Boeing 7672B7ER

Difficulty date
May 19, 2013
Submitted
August 20, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N252AU
Make and model
Boeing 7672B7ER
Aircraft serial
24765
Part
Idg
Part number
739515B
Part serial
F0628
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
68,335 hours, 13,091 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
H, A

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

What was found

PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, APU AUTO-SHUTDOWN AT GATE. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE RT GENERATOR DRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, ALONG WITH THE EICAS MESSAGE. FOLLOWED THE QRH PROCEDURES, DISCONNECTED THE RT IDG DRIVE, AND DIVERTED THE FLIGHT. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX RAN APU, AND IT OPS CHECKED OK. THE RT IDG WAS REPLACED.