Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Airbus A330323

Difficulty date
April 22, 2003
Submitted
August 13, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N671UW
Make and model
Airbus A330323
Aircraft serial
0323
Part
Wire Harness
Part number
4206513
Condition
Chafed
Location
Lt Engine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
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 893 - EN ROUTE FRA-PHL, AT APPROXIMATELY 55 N, 020 W, THE LEFT IDG FAULTED AND WOULD NOT RESET. THE CREW ALSO COLD NOT GET THE APU STARTED. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO LGW. EN ROUTE TO LGW, THE APU WAS STARTED. FLIGHT LANDED AT LGW WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE SWAPPED THE APU AND LEFT IDG GCU'S. AN ENGINE RUN WAS PERFORMED AND THE LEFT GENERATOR OPERATED NORMALLY, AS DID THE APU GENERATOR. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED LGW WTH THE APU RUNNING. EN ROUTE, THE LEFT IDG FAULTED AGAIN. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AND LANDED IN PHL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FINAL FIX FOR THE APU WAS TO REPLACED THE FUEL FLOW DIVIDER. THE FINAL FIX FOR THE IDG WAS REPLACING THE IDG WIRING HARNESS, ON WHICH THE WIRE TO PIN N

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