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Aircraft equipment problem. During an overnight stay at mci someone disconnected the generator drives on this B737-300.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 300600 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199503 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mci |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 300600 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
After overnight at kansas city, discovered both shear wires on CSD's broken and switches uncapped (preflight). Maintenance recapped and rewired switches. After starting engines, discovered both CSD's had been disconnected. Possibly situation caused by cabin clrncs trying to get ground power on the aircraft during overnight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB. DURING AN OVERNIGHT STAY AT MCI SOMEONE DISCONNECTED THE GENERATOR DRIVES ON THIS B737-300.
Narrative: AFTER OVERNIGHT AT KANSAS CITY, DISCOVERED BOTH SHEAR WIRES ON CSD'S BROKEN AND SWITCHES UNCAPPED (PREFLT). MAINT RECAPPED AND REWIRED SWITCHES. AFTER STARTING ENGS, DISCOVERED BOTH CSD'S HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED. POSSIBLY SIT CAUSED BY CABIN CLRNCS TRYING TO GET GND PWR ON THE ACFT DURING OVERNIGHT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.