Service difficulty report · Circuit Breaker · Boeing 7572S7

Difficulty date
October 17, 2008
Submitted
October 29, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N905AW
Make and model
Boeing 7572S7
Aircraft serial
23567
Part
Circuit Breaker
Part number
2TC4725
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Cdu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

FLT 119 IN CRUISE, EICAS MESSAGES "L GEN OFF" AND "L AC BUS OFF". DISPLAYED WITH THE CORRESPONDING "L GEN OFF" AND "L BUS OFF" LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. A GENERATOR RESET DID NOT CORRECT THE CONDITION. ATTEMPTS TO POWER THE L AC BUSS FROM THE OTHER POWER SOURCES WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. FLT DIVERTED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX REPLACED GROUND POWER EXTERNAL CONTACTOR K114, CURRENT TRANSFORMERS T112 & T127, AND BUSS TIE BREAKER C902, WITH NO EFFECT. ALSO, PERFORMED FIM 24-22-00. NO FAULTS FOUND. MX FOUND WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE A SHORTED AFT GALLEY FEEDER WIRE, W3538-0005. WIRE STOWED IN PREPARATION FOR A FERRY FLT WITH THE WIRES DISCONNECTED, THE AC BUSS ISOLATION STILL OCCURRED. PROBLEM ISOLATED TO THE LT TRANSFER BUSS & CAPTAIN'S CDU. WHEN CDU REMOVED, LT AC BUSS OPERATED OK. DETERMINED THE CAPTAIN'S CDU CIRCUIT BREAKER MALFUNCTIONED. REPLACEMENT OF CDU & CIRCUIT BREAKER FIXED LT AC BUSS TIE. ACFT MX FERRIED WHERE WIRE W3538-0005 CHECKED OK & REINSTALLED, AND THE AFT GALLEY COFFEEMAKERS & AFT GALLEY POWER ELECTRICAL LOAD CONTROL UNIT REPLACED.

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