Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
July 2, 2003
Submitted
April 14, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N673UW
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
0337
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu Idg
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LGW - FLT 99 EN ROUTE LGW-PHL, THE LEFT GENERATOR WENT INOPERATIVE AND COULD NOT BE RESET. THE APU WAS STARTED, BUT PERFORMED AND AUTO SHUTDOWN AFTER FIVE MINUTES OF OPERATION. FLIGHT RETURNED TO LGW. EN ROUTE BACK TO LGW, THE APU WAS RESTARTED, BUT SHUTDOWN AGAIN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE IDG WIRING HARNESS. THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER, FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL BOX WERE REPLACED. IT IS NOT KNOW WHICH COMPONENT FIXED THE PROBLEM. (M)

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