MD-11 on short turn from MEM/IAH - IAH/DFW.
Inbound write-up and our action:
PDIS XXX 22-21 5004 21Mar17 IAH U CLOSE
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ON APPROACH TO KIAH RWY 26L AT APPROXIMITELY
1500 AGL WITH AUTOPILOT DISENGAGED THE LSAS
LEFT INBOARD AND RIGHT OUTBOARD FAIL
ANNUNCIATORS ILLUMINATED IN ADDITION TO BOTH
LOWER YAW DAMPER A&B FAIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED
UPON CONDUCTING GO AROUND DU'S 2 AND 4
REVERTED TO COMPASS ROSES AND AUTOPILOT
DISCONNECTED . AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE
LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED ONE BY ONE AND THE
AUTOPILOT WAS REGAINED.
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R/I 21Mar17 22:08 IAH U
REASON CODE : PREMATURE REMOVAL/INSTALLATION
OFF
MPN: 750866D POS: ONL
SRL: XXXX TAG NBR: XXXXXX
ON
MPN: 750866D CPN: 2411639
SRL: XXXXXXXXXX TAG NBR: XXXXX
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FACT 21Mar17 22:08 IAH U
DUE TO MULTIPLE LRU ELECTRICAL RELATED FAULTS
REMOVED AND REPLACED EPCU REF AMM 24-08-01-4. RTS
CHECKS NORMAL. EPCU/FCC CAT 3 INTERFACE TEST ON FCC'S
1 & 2 ARE NORMAL. A/C OK FOR SERVICE.
ENT BY: XXXXXX RPT BY: XXXXXX
CFDS showed failures all over the place for the last flight. All three IRS's and DEU's, both FCC's, both Cabin Pressure Controllers, a Radio Alt, and a VHF Comm. Our reaction...... "power" problem, but not a fault one for the EPCU (Electrical Power Control Unit).
We had a EPCU in stock and even though nothing was recorded as it being failed...... we changed it and kicked-um out of town.
On the next flight:
PDIS XXX 24-21 5006 22Mar17 DFW U MEL/CDL
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TURNING BASE TO FINAL ON RWY 17C GEN 3 OFF LEVEL 1
ALERT ILLUMINATED . QRH PROCEDURE ACCOMPLISHED GEN
3 WOULD NOT RESET. UPON ROLLOUT GEN DRIVE 3 FAULT
LEVEL 2 ALERT ILLUMINATED.
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MEL 22Mar17 00:17 DFW U
RELEASED FOR SERVICE PER MEL : 24-21-01
CATEGORY : B EXPIRATION : 25Mar17
"MEL 24-21-01: NO. #3 IDG - INOP AND
DISCONNECTED. OPERATE ELEC IN AUTO."
C/7088825 ENT BY: XXXXXX RPT BY: XXXXXX
What was perplexing about this was the fact that the #3 generator must of glitched coming into Houston and "nothing" was recorded as a fault. In the case of the arrival here, all the components listed above lost power which was long enough to cause a restart. It's actually a good thing this was on a MD-11 instead of a MD-10. Equipment on MD-11's, power up quickly. MD-10's can take over two minutes to come online.
