Service difficulty report · Boeing 737201

Difficulty date
October 20, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N233US
Make and model
Boeing 737201
Aircraft serial
22273
Condition
Unknown
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

GSO - FLT 2660 - UPON PUSHBACK, THE NR 1 TRU C/B TRIPPED. THE NR 1 ENG GEN READ ZERO AMPS AND ZERO VOLTS. CREW RESET THE NR 1 TRU C/B ALONG WITH THE NORMAL EQUIP BLOWER C/B'S THAT HAD ALSO TRIPPED AND THE NR 1 GEN CAME ON LINE. HOWEVER, EN ROUTE FROM ATL TO BWI AT CRUISE ALT, THE NR 1 TRU C/B TRIPPED AGAIN AND AN ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS NOTED IN THE FLT COMPARTMENT. CREW SHIFTED BUS NR 1 TO APU GEN AND ODOR WENT AWAY. FLT DIVERTED TO GSO AND LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MX FOUND THR NR 1 ENG FIREWALL CONNECTOR D41O CORRODED. REMOVED AND REPLACED CONNECTOR AND PINS. RAN NR 1 ENG GEN SYSTEM. OP'S CHECK GOOD. AS FOR THE NORMAL EQUIP BLOWER C/B'S TRIPPING, MX REMOVED AND REPLACED T