Kelowna DC10 near Calgary on Apr 28th 2012, momentary loss of electrical power
Last Update: May 2, 2012 / 23:05:58 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 28, 2012
Flight number
KFA-3310
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Hamilton, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GKFB
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
ICAO Type Designator
DC10
The Canadian TSB reported the aircraft momentarily lost electrical power to a number systems, several electrical bus transfers occurred which could not be explained. Maintenance found a loose single phase wire on an AC generator. The wire connection was tightened and the aircraft released to continue the flight with no recurrence of that problem, the aircraft however encountered the next problem on the leg to Hamilton, see Incident: Kelowna DC10 near Calgary on Apr 29th 2012, reverser pressure problem.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 28, 2012
Flight number
KFA-3310
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Hamilton, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GKFB
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
ICAO Type Designator
DC10
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