An A319 captain reported repeated failures of the number two generator at non-maintenance stations w...

Narrative:

After a normal landing the aircraft was configured; per SOP; for a single engine taxi. Number 2 gen was selected off and the engine shut down after the prescribed cool-down period. As engine 2 wound down; gen 1 faulted and the aircraft was without power. Aircraft was stopped straight ahead and the APU brought on line. Taxi to gate completed and maintenance control was notified. Aircraft was checked by contract maintenance and dispatched for additional flights. During taxi in; on the second subsequent flight; gen 1 faulted again and it was again deferred for its last flight to a regular maintenance station. (Not flown by reporting pilot). I am somewhat disturbed that the flight was dispatched following the initial fault with so little action taken. Something this unusual would suggest a hard fault in the generator but merely resetting by non-maintenance station contract maintenance seems to be the norm. The very fact it faulted again the following day suggests the maintenance preformed on this significant failure was wanting.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 Captain reported repeated failures of the number two generator at non-maintenance stations were met with inadequate contract maintenance intended primarily to get the ailing aircraft to an air carrier maintenance station.

Narrative: After a normal landing the aircraft was configured; per SOP; for a single engine taxi. Number 2 GEN was selected off and the engine shut down after the prescribed cool-down period. As engine 2 wound down; GEN 1 faulted and the aircraft was without power. Aircraft was stopped straight ahead and the APU brought on line. Taxi to gate completed and Maintenance Control was notified. Aircraft was checked by contract maintenance and dispatched for additional flights. During taxi in; on the second subsequent flight; GEN 1 faulted again and it was again deferred for its last flight to a regular maintenance station. (not flown by reporting pilot). I am somewhat disturbed that the flight was dispatched following the initial fault with so little action taken. Something this unusual would suggest a hard fault in the generator but merely resetting by non-maintenance station contract maintenance seems to be the norm. The very fact it faulted again the following day suggests the maintenance preformed on this significant failure was wanting.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	911786
Time
Date	201009
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	AC Generation
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 256 Flight Crew Total 14234 Flight Crew Type 3465
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

An A319 captain reported repeated failures of the number two generator at non-maintenance stations were met with inadequate contract maintenance intended primarily to get the ailing aircraft to an air carrier maintenance station.