Created Wednesday, Jan 19th 2022 17:59Z, last updated Wednesday, Jan 19th 2022 17:59Z
An Air Canada Airbus A320-200, registration C-FXCD performing flight
AC-740 from San Francisco,CA (USA) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 53 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 480nm west of Toronto when the crew received indication of the integrated drive generators (IDG) had failed. The crew worked the related checklists, disconnected the IDG started the APU which however auto-shutdown again. After discussion with dispatch and maintenance the crew continued to destination for a safe landing about 70 minutes later.
The Canadian TSB reported the crew did not declare emergency and continued the flight. Maintenance found a faulty oil solenoid valve, which caused the APU failure, and replaced the IDG.
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