E145 FLT CREW EXPERIENCES MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ANOMALIES UPON SHUTTING DOWN ONE ENGINE AND STARTING THE APU FOLLOWING LNDG.
Synopsis
E145 FLT CREW EXPERIENCES MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ANOMALIES UPON SHUTTING DOWN ONE ENGINE AND STARTING THE APU FOLLOWING LNDG.
Narrative
WE FLEW FROM ZZZ1 TO ZZZ. AFTER LNDG; AS WE TAXIED TOWARDS THE GATE; WE SHUT DOWN THE #2 ENG AND STARTED THE APU. THEN WE GOT A HUGE ELECTRICAL GLITCH. THE AIRPLANE ENTERED THE 'ELECTRICAL EMER MODE' AND THE 'LOSS OF ALL GENERATORS MODE.' WE LOST MANY AIRPLANE SYS; INCLUDING STEERING; EICAS INDICATIONS; AHRS; DC BUSSES; AND LOTS OF OTHER SYS. BASICALLY; THE ONLY THINGS THAT WORKED WERE THE ENG AND 1 RADIO. WE THEN SHUT THE AIRPLANE DOWN TWICE AND RESTARTED IT. AFTER THE SECOND RESTART; THE AIRPLANE RETURNED TO THE NORMAL ELECTRICAL CONFIGN; ALTHOUGH WE STILL HAD MANY SYS MISSING. BUT WE GOT THE STEERING/HYDS BACK AND WERE ABLE TO TAXI IN TO THE GATE. WE COORD ALL OUR ACTIONS WITH ATC AND FOR A TIME I THINK WE WERE DECLARED 'A DISABLED ACFT ON THE TXWY.' AT THE GATE; WE SHUT THE AIRPLANE DOWN AGAIN; AND RESTARTED IT. AT THIS POINT; EVERYTHING RETURNED TO NORMAL. WE DID ALL OF OUR COCKPIT CHKS; INCLUDING FIRST FLT ITEMS AND A THOROUGH PREFLT. EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. I DISCUSSED THIS EVENT WITH DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL AND WE ALL CONCURRED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS SAFE TO FLY. WE THEN LOADED UP PAX AND RETURNED TO ZZZ1 UNEVENTFULLY.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.