Service difficulty report · Gcu · Boeing 737301

Difficulty date
May 26, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577US
Make and model
Boeing 737301
Aircraft serial
23742
Part
Gcu
Part number
915F2125
Condition
Failed
Location
Nr 1
Part time
31,841 hours
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
G, A

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

What was found

ALB - FL1890 - APPROX 40 MILES SOUTH ALB, CREW SMELLED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE NR 1 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT. CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS, ACCOMPLISHED EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, PULLED NR 1 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT OFF LINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO FIELD AT ALB. SOON AFTER THE NR 1 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT WAS PULLED OFF LINE, THE SMOKE CLEARED AND THE FLIGHT WAS ABLE TO LAND AT ALB WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXI TO THE GATE ON ITS OWN POWER. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT. RAN NR 1 ENGINE. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD. (M)