SDR USAAD97182

Service difficulty report · Gen Contl Unit · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
October 18, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N825US
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49237
Part
Gen Contl Unit
Part number
976J2544
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Electronics Bay
Stage of operation
CL
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

CLT - FL 1005 - EN ROUTE CLT-SRQ, THE LEFT GENERATOR TRIPPED THE LEFT AC BUS AND LEFT GENERATOR OFF. THE LEFT GENERATOR OFF LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER STARTING THE APU, NO APU BLUE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALTHOUGH THE APU WAS AT 98 PERCENT AND APU EGT WAS NORMAL. APU VOLTS AND FREQS WERE ZERO. MAINTENANCE FOUND NR 1 GENERATOR AND APU GCU TRIPPED. REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE GCU AND RESET APU GCU. RAN ENGINES AND APU, CYCLED AND RECYCLED GENERATORS SEVERAL TIMES. FREQ AND VOLTS CHECKED GOOD. (M)

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