Service difficulty report · Generator · Doug DC915F

Difficulty date
May 23, 2015
Submitted
May 29, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N192US
Make and model
Doug DC915F
Aircraft serial
47156
Aircraft time
75,432 hours, 88,463 cycles
Part
Generator
Part number
976J2516
Part serial
WL528
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, AC CROSS-TIE LOCKOUT. LEFT GENERATOR BUSS FAILURE. CREW PERFORMED APPLICABLE COM PROCEDURE TO MITIGATE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. ATC ADVISED THAT THERE NO ALTITUDE READ OUT FROM ACFT AND IN RESPONSE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO MITIGATE AN ALTITUDE EXCURSION AND TRAFFIC CONFLICT. CREW RESTORED ELECTRICAL POWER AND NO COMPONENTS, EXCEPT FOR LT GENERATOR AND AC CROSS-TIE LOCKOUT, EFFECTED, WITH ALL BUSSES POWERED. CREW CANCELED EMERGENCY WITH ATC AND CONTINUED TO DESTINATION. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LT ENGINE GENERATOR IAW MM 24-10-1. NR 1 GENERATOR SYSTEM OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 24-20-1. THE DMI WAS CLEARED AND THE ACFT RETURNED-TO-SERVICE.

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