Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
July 27, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N335US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23232
Part
Gcu
Part number
948F4581
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1
Part time
24,915 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

CLT - FLT 1514 - EN ROUTE, CREW NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL SMOKE ODOR IN COCKPIT. THE PROBLEM WAS ISOLATED TO A GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO CLT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MTC REPLACED THE NR 1 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT. RAN THE ENGINES AND OPS CHECK OF THE GCU'S WAS GOOD PER MM 24-21-81, PAGE 401. (X)