Service difficulty report · Gcu · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
September 24, 2013
Submitted
September 27, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N953AR
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48520
Aircraft time
61,652 hours, 15,804 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
976J86217
Part serial
022534A
Condition
Faulted
Location
Apu
Part time
1,696 hours, 445 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN FLIGHT, LOST RT EMERGENCY AC BUSS, GEN BUS 3 FAULT ALERT. FOLLOWED THE QRH PROCEDURES, DEPLOYED ADG AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FOUND IDG/INTERFACE TRIM HEAD FAULT. FOUND CONNECTOR "A" PINS 8 & 7 OPEN. REPINNED. OPS CHECKED OK. AFTER CHECK OUT, HAD NR 3 TRANSFORMER FAULT. REPLACED NR 3 TR & GEN CONT RELAY, SWAP RELAY. ALL NO HELP. R2 APU GCU, NO FAULTS.

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