Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 7572S7

Difficulty date
October 31, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N905AW
Make and model
Boeing 7572S7
Aircraft serial
23567
Part
Gcu
Part number
734284A
Condition
Loose
Location
Nr 1
Part time
81,918 hours
Stage of operation
CL
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

PHX - FLT 45 PHX TO KOA. UPON ROTATION, THE LEFT AC BUS TRIPPED OFF AND COULD NOT BE RESET, OR POWERED BY ANOTHER GENERATOR. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO PHX AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE BITE CHECKED THE BUS PROTECTION CONTROL UNIT (BPCU) AND FOUND "NO RESPONSE FROM CONTROL" MESSAGE. THE NUMBER ONE GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT (GCU) WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND LOOSE IN ITS RACK. THE NUMBER ONE GCU WAS REPLACED. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE FOUND OK.

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