JASC 4910
Service difficulty reports · 961
Reports filed under 4910 · APU Cowling/Containment, newest first.
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SDR QXEA0100597Door Frame · crackedYYC- TWO CRACKS AT APU AIR INLET DOOR SURROUND TOP AND BOTTOM AFT CORNERS. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 53-02-07 PAGE 7, 53-26-01 PAGE 8, 51-31-01 PAGES 13 AND 14 AND 51-31-05 PAGES 8-10.SDR AWXA0001593Duct · crackedINSIDE SKIN CRACKED AT RIVET IN APU INLET DUCT FOR I/B Z-ANGLE STIFFENER TOP END. REPAIRED PART BY WELDING PER BAC 5975 IAW ENGINEERING RESPONSE; HFEC INSPECTED - NO CRACKS NOTED.SDR AWXA0001592Duct · crackedAPU INLET DUCT FWD I/B LWR CORNER CRACKED. REPAIRED PART BY WELDING PER BAC 5975 IAW ENGINEERING RESPONSE; HFEC INSPECTED - NO CRACKS NOTED.SDR C2XA01TY063Skin · damagedTYS DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION THE APU COWLING L-PROFILE WAS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE APU COWLING IAW EMB GST-0971/01, REPAIR WAS SATISFACTORY. THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE RELEASED FOR SERVICE UPON COMPLETION OF INSPECTION.SDR C2XA01TY057Fairing · crackedTYS DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION THE APU COWLING UPPER RIGHT HAND FAIRING WAS FOUND CRACKED ALONG THE ATTACHMENT FLANGE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FAIRING IAW EMB GST-0835/01 AND EMB-145 CPM-51-21-06. AIRCRAFT WILL BE RELEASED UPON COMPLETION OFSDR C2XA01TY056Firewall · gougedTYS DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION THE APU FIRE WALL WAS FOUND GOUGED ADJACENT TO THE BYPASS VALVE. MAINTENANCE REPAIRED THE DAMAGED AREA IAW EMB GST-0429/01, THE REPAIR WAS SATISFACTORY. THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE RELEASED UPON COMPLETION OF INSPECTION.SDR 2001UALA00302Spur Gear · failedAPU INOP. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE REPLACED APU. FOUND STARTER AND COOLING FAN IDLER DRIVE GEAR BROKEN IN GEARBOX. GEARBOX HOUSING HAS DAMAGE AND WILL PROBABLY BE SCRAPPED.SDR C2XA01TY042Cowling · gougedTYS DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION THE APU COWLING UPPER PROFILE WAS FOUND TO BE BENT AND GOUGED. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE PROFILE IAW EMB-GST-0801/01, REPAIR WAS SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT WILL BE RELEASED FOR SERVICE UPON COMPLETION OF INSPECTION.SDR C2XA01TY017Firewall · gougedTYS - DURING A SCHEDULED 1C INSPECTION, A GOUGE IN THE APU FIREWALL BELOW UPPER APU MOUNT. MAINTENANCE BLENDED AND DYE-PENNED, AND NO DEFECTS NOTED IAW EMB 145 REF GST 0433/01. PROCEDURES WERE SATISFACTORY. AIRCRAFT WILL BE RELEASED FOR SERVICE UPON COMPLETSDR AALA20010189Duct · leakingORD - FLT 844 - EN ROUTE ORD-HPN, SHORTLY AFTER ENGINE START FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE AND FUMES IN CABIN. RETURNED ORD GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. REALIGNED APU AIR INLET. RAN BOTH PACKS. NO SMOKE OR ODOR NOTED. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERSDR DLM88002505Intake Duct · contaminatedINTERMITTENT SMOKE ODOR IN PAX CABIN DURING CRUISE AND DESCENT NEAR MID CABIN AND AFT CABIN - FOUND SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL IN APU INLET - CLEANED SAME - PERFORMED DUCT BURNOUTSDR AWXA0001008Duct · damagedRIVETS PULLED THROUGH ON APU RAM AIR INTAKE DUCT; ANGLE BROKEN OFF ON END. REMOVED Z ANGLE, CUTOUT THE DAMAGED AREA; FABED Z ANGLE AND REPAIR PARTS; INSTALLED Z ANGLE AND REPAIR PARTS ON APU RAM AIR INTAKE DUCT IAW SRM 51-40-02, 51-70-13 FIG 1 DWG 65-50938SDR DL76L002294Apu · malfunctionedWHEN PACKS TURNED ON CABIN FILLED WITH BLUE HAZY SMOKE. APU BLEED AIR WAS TURNED OFF, RAN APU/PACKS SEVERAL HRS-NO SMOKE OR FUMES NOTED IN CABIN. ALSO NO EXTERNAL OIL LEAKS NOTED. AS A PRECAUTION REPLACED APU PER M/M. OPS AND LEAK CHECK OK.SDR UPS00533646Sensing Element · inoperativeINSPECTION TYPE:N/A, DIVERSION - APU SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT. SHUTDOWN FAULT LIGHT WENT RESTART SHUT DOWN AGAIN. WOULD NOT RESTART. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU FLOW SENSING MODULE PER MM 49-53-08, OPS CK GOOD ON 15 MIN RUN.SDR USAAD00126Switch · leakingPHL-YYZ - FLT 2099 - EN ROUTE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED AN ODOR IN THE REAR OF THE PAX CABIN AND THE SMOKE ALARMS HAD ACTIVATED. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE ODOR BEGAN TO SUBSIDE. MAINTENANCE FOUND AN OIL LEAK AT THE APU. THE APU WAS PLACED ON MEL. DURISDR USAASA00030Switch · leakingBWI-PIT - FLT 179 - OIL ODOR WAS PRESENT IN CABIN AND COCKPIT DURING FLIGHT. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED A LEAKING APU LOW OIL PRESSURE SWITCH AND RAN PACKS TO PURGE OIL FROM THE SYSTEM. OK FOR SERVICE. (M)SDR UPS00233365Apu · overservicedINSPECTION TYPE:N/A, APU FIELD RELAY TRIPPED FLIGHT DECK FILLED WITH SMOKE. FOUND APU OVERSERVICED WITH OIL. RESERVICED APU PACKS, RUN ALL AND OPS CHECK NORMAL WITH NO SMOKE.SDR DLM88001311Apu · leakingDURING CLIMB, LEFT AFT LAV SMOKE ALARM ACTIVATED. F/A REPORTED SMOKE SMELL AND HAZE IN CABIN. DIVERTED TO EWR. FOUND APU LEAKING OIL AND BEING INGESTED. PERFORMED DUCT BURNOUT AND REPLACED COALESCER BAGS. REPLACED APU.SDR DLM88010962Inlet · contaminatedATB DUE F/A REPORTED AN ELEC ODOR AND ANOTHER REPORTED OILY. MTC FOUND LIGHT CONTAMINATION IN APU INLET. CLEANED INLET AND PERFORMED DUCT BURNOUT.SDR AALA20000788Apu · leakingDFW - FLT 1542 - JUST AFTER LIFTOFF, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE IN CABIN. OUTFLOW VALVE CYCLED, AND THROTTLES BEGAN TO CYCLE ALMOST AS IF INITIATION RETURNED AND LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. OIL LEAKING INTO PACK SYSTEM FROM AUXILIARY POWER UNIT. REPLASDR L1GA200000082Air Duct · chafedTHE APU AIR INLET DOOR CORNERS WERE FOUND CHAFING, TORN AND DEFORMED.SDR COMA0060406Apu · overservicedDURING DESCENT COCKPIT CREW SMELLED SMOKE AFTER TRANSFERRING THE PACKS TO THE APU. APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS LATER RECEIVED A ''SMOKE TOILET'' CAUTION MESSAGE. LAV SMOKE ALARM SOUNDED FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES UNTIL THE GRH PROCEDURE WAS ACCOMPLISHED. FSDR COMA0060403Apu · malfunctionedAFTER PUSH BACK APU STOPPED, PULLED BACK INTO GATE. TOLD APU ON FIRE, PERFORMED APU FIRE PROCEDURES. REPLACED APU.SDR AALA20000684Apu · defectiveORD - FLT 1399 - BEFORE FLIGHT, FIRE APU MESSAGE ON MFDU. WENT OUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. BURNED PLASTIC FOUND IN APU SHROUD. REPLACED AUXILIARY POWER UNIT. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION. (M)SDR QXEA0000654Apu · malfunctionedPDX- SMOKE IN CABIN THAN APU SUDDENLY STOPPED. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU, OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR USAABB00026Switch · failedKEF - FLT 893 - EN ROUTE FRA-PHL - CREW RECEIVED THE LEFT GENERATOR DRIVE LIGHT AND DISCONNECTED THE IDG. THE APU WAS STARTED AND RAN FOR APPROX 15 MINUTES, AFTER WHICH IT PERFORMED AN AUTO SHUTDOWN. THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO KEF AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCISDR USAABB00027Apu · malfunctionedBOS - FLT 893 - EN ROUTE KEF-PHL, WITH THE LEFT IDG ON MEL AND THE APU OPERATING, THE APU PERFORMED AN AUTO SHUTDOWN (AFTER APPROX 4.5 HOURS OF OPERATION). FLIGHT DIVERTED TO BOS. MAINTENANCE IN BOS REPLACED THE LEFT GENERATOR AND THE DE-OIL SOLENOID IN THE SDR SWAA000063Bleed Valve · erraticAIR TURNBACK, DURING CLIMB, AIRCRAFT HAD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE AND VIBRATION MOSTLY HEARD IN AT THE AFT SECTION. PERFORMED AIRFRAME VIBRATION CONDITION INSPECTION. NO DEFECTS NOTED. POSSIBLY APU COMPRESSOR STALL. DURING RON, REMOVED AND REPLACED APU ANTI-SSDR COMA0060036Control Unit · malfunctionedAPU OIL PRESSURE CAUTION MESSAGE. REPLACED THE APU ECU.SDR COMA0060037Pressure Switch · malfunctionedAPU OIL PRESSURE CAUTION MESSAGE. COULD NOT DUPLCIATE. REPLACED OIL PRESSURE SWITCH FOR TROUBLESHOOTING.SDR CA000203019Duct · cracked(CAN) A CRACKED APU SUPPLY DUCT IN THE AFT CARGO NEAR THE TWO FIRE EXTINGUISHERS BOTTLES CAUSED THE PRESSURE TO BUILD UP TOO HIGH RUPTURING THE SAFETY RELIEF ALLOWING THE BOTTLED TO DISCHARGE. SUPPLY DUCT AND BOTTLES REPLACED.SDR DLM88992787Apu · contaminatedON FINAL INTO CLE ON FLT 1156/17 AT 1000 FT, THE AFT FLT ATTN REPORTED AN OILY ODOR AND HAZE INDICATIONS IN CABIN. TAIL ANTI ICE WAS ON, LAV SMOKE ALARMS SOUNDED. ENG ANTI ICE WAS ALSO ON. INSPECTED ENG PNEU DUCTS, CHECKED GOOD. INSPECTED A/C FOR HYD LEAKSDR C2XA99IA610Clamp · brokenGSP - FLIGHT 4205 - APU WILL NOT START, PILOT PLACED ON MEL, AND CONTINUED NORMAL FLIGHTS. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING, MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU COMBUSTION HOUSING V-BAND CLAMP BROKEN. THE APU WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. SDR DLM88992525fan seizedATL WORKING APU INOP FROM BURNING SMELL IN CABIN AT BTR. REF LOG C042035 ITEM 002. WHILE WORKING WRITEUP, FOUND AFT RECIRCULATION FAN BEARINGS GONE AND FAN SEIZED. SMELL CAME FROM FAN AT LIFTOFF IN BTR. AIR TURNBACK BTR. REPLACED FAN.SDR AALA991721Apu · leakingDFW - FLT 1837 - ON CLIMB-OUT FROM DFW, THE CABIN FILLED WITH WHITE SMOKE AND AN ACRID SMELL. AIR INTERRUPTED AND RETURNED TO DFW. ON DESCENT, THE SMOKE CLEARED AND THE SMELL DECREASED. LANDED DFW WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED AUXILLARY POWER UNIT. REPLACED SDR QXEA9902517Duct · crackedPDX - APU FUSELAGE INTAKE DUCT IS CRACKED AT AFT LOWER CORNER. REPAIRED IAW FOKKER SRM 51-31-01 AND SRM 51-31-05.SDR DLM88991446Apu · inoperativeAT 24,000 FT ON CLIMBOUT, A SLIGHT HAZE APPEARED IN THE CABIN AND BOTH AFT SMOKE DETECTORS WENT OFF. APU HAD BEEN OFF FOR 10-15 MINS. LEVELED OFF AND RETURNED TO ATL. PERFORMED DUCT BURNOUT. REPLACED COALESCERS, CLEANED APU INLET.SDR AWXA9900220Inlet · dirtyCONDITIONED AIR HAS PUNGENT ODOR (SMELLS LIKE DIRTY SOCKS), NUMEROUS PASSENGER COMPLAINTS. PLACED ON MEL 36-12-01, CONTROL NUMBER 105131, APU BLEED AIR SYSTEM INOP. CLEANED APU INLET SCOOP / BOX ASSEMBLY. RAN APU, NO SMELL DETECTED. REMOVED MEL 31-12-01.SDR DLM88991228Inlet · dirtyRETURNED TO GATE AFTER SMOKE DETECTORS (BOTH AFT LAVS) WENT OFF. LEFT ENG RUNNING, LEFT PACK RUNNING FOR 5 MIN. APU AIR RUNNING, RIGHT PACK RUNNING SINCE PUSHBACK (20 MIN). LIGHT SMOKE (HAZE VISABLE IN REAR OF CABIN). CLEANED APU INLET BOX, PERFORMED DUCT SDR DLM88991207Inlet · contaminatedAFTER TAKEOFF AT ABOUT 4,000 FEET, EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. ALL 3 LAV SMOKE DETECTORS WENT OFF, RETURNED TO ATL. CLEANED APU INLET, PERFORMED DUCT BURNOUT.SDR USAAF990025Seal · leakingILM - FLT 243 - ON APPROACH TO ILM, WITH THE APU OPERATING, THE CREW RECEIVED APU FIRE WARNING WHEN THE SPEED BRAKES WERE DEPLOYED. THE APU AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN AND THE FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. THE FLIGHT LANDED AT ILM WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCSDR 99ZZZM364Seal · leakingILM - FLT 243 - ON APPROACH TO ILM, WITH THE APU OPERATING, THE CREW RECEIVED APU FIRE WARNING WHEN THE SPEED BRAKES WERE DEPLOYED. THE APU AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN AND THE FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED. THE FLIGHT LANDED AT ILM WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCSDR QXEA9901018Apu · inoperativePDX - LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD. FOUND EVIDENCE OF OIL IN APU DUCT. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU AND COMPLIED WITH THE BLEED AIR SYSTEM BLOWOUT MAINTENANCE TASK CARD. OPERATIONAL CHECK GOOD.SDR DLM88990845Inlet · contaminatedON FINAL APPROACH WITH AIRSPEED AT 150 KTS THE F/A AND PILOTS SMELLED A HOT ODOR WITH BOTH ENG AND WING A/I ON. SMELL DISSIPATED WHEN WING A/I TURNED OFF. FOUND OIL ON APU INLET. PERFORMED DUCT BURNOUT.SDR 99ZZZX1750Angle · corrodedDURING A C-CHECK, CORROSION WAS NOTED ON APU AIR INLET SCREEN MOUNT FLANGE (ANGLES).SDR DLM88990730Inlet · dirtyLIGHT SMOKE IN CABIN AFTER T/O. FOUND APU AIR INLET COACKED UP WITH OIL. CLEANED AND PERFORMED DUCT BURNOUT.SDR ASAA9940013Shroud · chafedSEA - DURING SCHEDULED SI, THE APU LOWER SHROUD WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFED ON THE FORWARD LEFT SIDE. REPAIRED PER EA 4910-01028. (M)SDR NOCA2598Screen · contaminatedIN FLIGHT APU START SCHEDULED BY MAINTENANCE. APU IN FLIGHT START UNSUCCESSFUL. ON GROUND INSPECTION OF APU INLET PLENUM FOUND DEBRIS ON INLET SCREEN. DEBRIS REMOVED. INSPECTION OF CHIP DETECTORS OK. LEAK CHECK OK. APU OPS CHECK OK. (M)SDR ASAA9710126Apu Inlet · wornSEA - DURING C-CHECK, THE APU INLET JAMB ASSEMBLY AFT OF THE INLET CUTOUT AT BS 1064 RT SIDE WAS FOUND TO HAVE 3 LOOSE BOLTS AND ELONGATED HOLES. REPAIRED PER EA 5310-01563. (M)SDR P5CA9701551Door · delaminatedDELAMINATION ON APU INLET DOOR. REPLACED APU INLET DOOR PER BAC MM 49-15-03.
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