JASC 4920
Service difficulty reports · 2,431
Reports filed under 4920 · APU Core Engine, newest first.
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '4920' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"
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SELECT sdr_id, difficulty_date, n_number, aircraft_make, aircraft_model, part_name, part_condition, jasc_code, discrepancy FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/faa_service_difficulty_report.parquet' WHERE jasc_code = '4920' ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC
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SDR DXTA2009032303557Tailpipe · fireAPU TAILPIPE FIRE. REMOVED BAD APU PN 380710-1, SN P-252 AND INSTALLED "REPAIRED" APU IAW CMP 490001, 491006, 491007 991005 AND 539701. OPS AND LEAK CHECK GOOD AT THIS TIME REF TO 8130-3, WO NR P-277, ZN3R030M, DATED DEC 09, 1008. TSN 615.0, CSN- 884.SDR ASAA0954854Apu · leakingAPU IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE DRAIN MAST CAUSING A PUDDLE ON THE GROUND & IS 1 QUART LOW. PERFORMED DRAIN MAST INSPECTION REF MM 49 16 11 200 801 RAN APU FOR 10 MINS & MIDDLE DRAIN IS LEAKING OIL (LOAD COMPRESSOR SEAL). REPLACED APU REF AMM 49 11 00.SDR DL764090439Apu · inoperativeREPLACED APU ASSY DUE TO HISTORY OF NO START.SDR DL764090449Valve · malfunctionedINFLIGHT COLD SOAKED APU START UNSUCCESSFUL 3 ATTEMPTS AT FL370. REMOVED AND REPLACED PRIMER VALVE PER AMM. OPS CK GOOD MCC NOTIFIED TO SET UP IN FLT START ATTEMPT.SDR NWAA09683141Apu · odorDURING FLIGHT, CREW AD PASSENGERS COMPLAINED OF A VERY BAD BURNING ODOR IN CABIN. PASSENGERS COMPLAINED OF BURNING EYES. FLIGHT DECK CREW SWITCHED FROM ONE PACK TO THE OTHER BUT ODOR REMAINED. FLIGHT CREW CONTINUED TO DESTINATION RECEIVING EXPEDITED HANDLINSDR QXEA2009030200157Apu · contaminatedSEA- WITH APU RUNNING AND BLEED AIR SWITCH OUT/OFF. WE WERE DEICING AT THE TIME AND A/C FILLED WITH SMOKE AND SMELLED LIKE DE ICE FLUID. GROUND RAN ACFT, PURGED ALL BLEEDS, GASPERS AND VENTS OF RESIDUAL DE ICE FLUID. OBSERVED FOR ANY REMAINING EVIDENCE OF DE ISDR UALA2009031000611Duct · faultyAPU HAD MULTIPLE SHUTDOWNS. REPLACED FLEXIBLE SURGE DUCT, APU OPS CHECK GOOD. FOUND TO INSULATION BLANKET BAD, ALSO UNDER AFT MOUNT. NEED TO PULL APU TO REPLACE. OPS 1. DROP APU REPLACED TOP AND SIDE INSUL BLANKETS 107441 PCN 295-1005, 295-6040 AND REINSTASDR C2XA09RI026Apu · leakingFLT 2602 - EWR - FLIGHT CREW REPORTED STRONG FUEL SMELL ON T/O IN EWR AND XNA. RIC MX REMOVED AND REPLACED APU AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK SUCCESSFULLY. AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED TO RETURN TO SERVICE.SDR NOCA00909Apu · faultyA/C FAIL APU INFLIGHT START. CI 49-19 INFO ONLY, A/C LIMITED TO 120 ETOPS DUE TO FAIL APU INFLIGHT START.SDR UALA2009031000501Apu · defectiveGLYCOL SMELL IN CABIN. RTFL. REPLACED COALESCER BAGS, FOUND RT BAG CONTAMINATED WITH OIL. FOUND APU WITH NO OIL. A/C OUT FOR A PACK BURNOUT. APU INOP NEEDS A NEW APU NONE ON STATION. WILL MAKE READY TO FLY WITH APU INOP. REMOVED OLD APU AND REPLACED WITSDR UALA2009021700501Apu · defectiveGLYCOL SMELL IN CABIN. RTFL. REPLACED COALESCER BAGS, FOUND RT BAG CONTAMINATED WITH OIL. FOUND APU WITH NO OIL. A/C OUT FOR A PACK BURNOUT. APU INOP NEEDS A NEW APU NONE ON STATION. WILL MAKE READY TO FLY WITH APU INOP.SDR ASAA0954435Apu · leakingAPU IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE DRAIN MAST. REF MM 49 16 11 200 801 STEP D B(4) NO OIL LEAKAGE ALLOWED FROM MIDDLE DRAIN REQ'S APU CHANGE. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU PER T/C 78349010 PARTS VERIFIED BY SEAMC, OPS & LEAK CHECK GOOD.SDR UALA2009031000410Apu · smokeEXCESSIVE SMOKE FROM APU TAILPIPE. REPLACED APU, OPS AND LEAK CHECKS NORMAL.SDR UALA2009020600410Apu · malfunctionedEXCESSIVE SMOKE FROM APU TAILPIPE.SDR UALA2009031000399Apu · making metalAPU GEARBOX CHIP DETECTOR HAS AT LEAST 3 PARTICLES ABOVE .050 IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL SMALLER SHINY CHIPS ACCUMULATED. REPLACED APU. APU OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD.SDR UALA2009020500399Apu · making metalAPU GEARBOX CHIP DETECTOR HAS AT LEAST 3 PARTICLES ABOVE .050 IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL SMALLER SHINY CHIPS ACCUMULATED. REPLACED APU. APU OPS CHECK AND LEAK CHECK GOOD.SDR DL76L090145Engine · failedAPU FAULT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START APU ON GROUND. NO EGT OR RPM ECU FAULTS APU STARTER. FOUND METAL ON GEARBOX MCD. REPLACED APU AS PER AMM. RUN AND LEAK CHECK OK.SDR BJNA090101Apu · overheatedAPU FIRE/OVHT LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. QRH/MEMORY ITEMS FOLLOWED, BOTTLE DISCHARGED, FIRE/OVHT LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. INSPECTION FOUND HEAT DAMAGE TO OVHT/FIRE DETECTION WIRING AND POSSIBLE TURBINE WHEEL FAILURE. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU. FAILURE ANALYSISSDR COMA2009012850074Apu · faultyAPU OIL PRESSURE CAUTION MSG POSTED. APU SHUTDOWN AFTER 60 SECONDS ON GROUND. REPLACED APU WITH SERVICEABLE APU.SDR SWIA200920924Engine · failedFLT 2878 - FLAMES FOLLOWED BY METAL OUT OF APU EXHAUST PIPE. REPLACED APU.SDR CA090126001Apu · failedWHILE DESCENDING THROUGH 12000 FT ALTITUDE THE CREW TRIED TO START THE APU, BUT THEY EXPERIENCED A HUNG START. THEY THEN SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND WAITED TWO MINUTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING A 2ND START WHICH PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. ON LANDING, THEY NOTICED THAT THSDR HNAA2009012000005Apu · smokeWITH AUXILIARY POWER UNIT RUNNING AND BLEEDS ON, SMOKE IN CABIN AND LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR SOUNDS. RAN AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WITH BLEED ON, VISIBLE HAZE APPEARS. INSP AUXILIARY POWER UNIT AREA NO DEFECTS NOTED. RAN ENGINES WITH BLEEDS NO HAZE NOTED. R&R AUXISDR HALA2009010900011Oil Filter · defectiveETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM, APU AUTO SHUTDOWN OCCURRED AT GATE. ECU BITE SHOWED GENERATOR OIL FILTER FAULT. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU GENERATOR OIL FILTER PER MM 49-27-03. RAN APU, 597HA LEAK CHK OK.SDR HALA2009010900009Pressure Switch · malfunctionedETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM - GATE TURNBACK DUE TO APU AUTO SHUTDOWN & EICAS APU BITE MSG & FAULT LIGHT. //T/S FOUND DIFFERENCIAL PRESS. SWITCH BAD. R&R DIFFERENCIAL PRESSURE SWITCH IAW AMM 49-27-15 GROUND OPS CHECKED GOOD. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.SDR UALA2009031000083Gearbox · making metalAPU HAD A NO START. FOUND LOTS OF METAL ON GEAR BOX DRAIN CHIP DETECTOR. REPLACED APU. OPS CHECK NORMAL, NO LEAKS NOTED, NO MSG DISPLAYED.SDR UALA2009010800083Apu · making metalAPU HAD A NO START. FOUND LOTS OF METAL ON GEAR BOX DRAIN CHIP DETECTOR. REPLACED APU. OPS CHECK NORMAL, NO LEAKS NOTED, NO MSG DISPLAYED.SDR QXEA2008122601262Apu · smokeWHITE SMOKE COMING FROM AROUND APU ACCESS DOORS AND THE OUTSIDE OF THE APU EXHAUST PIPE CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER APU SHUT DOWN. INSPECTED APU AREA FOR ANY FUEL OR OIL LEAKS, NONE FOUND. RAN APU TO VERIFY NO LEAKS. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FOUNSDR ASAA0854108Sensor · faultedAPU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED. GROUNDED YES. VERIFIED DISCREPANCY CURRENT STATUS SHOWS FAULT CODE 49 61223.FOLLOWED FIM 49-60 TASK 812 R&R INLET TEMP SENSOR GROUND VERIFICATION TEST PASSED REF FIM 49-60 TASK 801.SDR ASOA200801721Apu · malfunctionedAFTER STARTING APU ON SHORT FINAL FLIGHT CREW NOTICED AND DETECTED STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE, FLIGHT ATTENDANT CALLED AND SAID SHE THOUGHT SHE SMELLED THE ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING...FLT 5059 DEL 36 MINS / ( AUXILIARY POWER UNIT APU -INTAKE DOOR DEACTIVATED CLOSDR NSVA2008045Apu · contaminatedAPU ON SMOKE FILLED ENTIRE AIRPLANE, EVACUATED. IN PROCESS OF DE-ICING. FOUND CAUSE OF SMOKE TO BE GLYCOL INDUCTION FROM RUNNING APU. APU DEFERRED IAW MEL 49-00-1. CAT D ID NR 33748.SDR DL76G081712Apu · making metalAPU AUTO SHUTDOWN WITH FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED TWICE. RTB - BITE OF APU CONTROLLER SHOWS HIGH OIL TEMP LAST 2 S/D WITH NO MINI FLAGS. PULLED MCD FOUND METAL. PLUNGER STUCK ON APU AFTER CHIP REMOVAL. NO OIL IN APU. REPLACED APU PER AMM, OPS CHECKS GOOD.SDR UALA2008121006835Charger · faultyAPU AUTO SHUT DOWN. TAXI CREW TRIED STARTING IT SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO START, BIT OF APU CONTROLLER SHOWED NO ACCEL IN POSITION 1 AND OVERTEMP IN POSITION 4 THRU 5. REPLACE APU BATTERY CHARGER. APU SLOW TO GET TO SPEED AND DUCT PRESSURE 10 PSI.SDR MALA080209Apu · odorFIRST ATTEMPT AT TURNING ON THE APU DURING APPROACH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, SECOND ATTEMPT TO START THE APU WAS SUCCESSFUL BUT AFTER ONE MINUTE OF USE A VERY STRONG JET FUEL ODOR AS DETECTED IN THE CABIN AND FLIGHT DECK. FLIGHT CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASK AND DECLARED SDR DXTA2008120803392Apu · smokeFOUL ODOR COMING OUT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM. ITS A MUSTY ODOR AND ITS MOST NOTICEABLE AT A RELATIVELY WARM OUTSIDE TEMP WITH CABIN SET TO COOL. WITH THE APU BLEED ON THERE WAS BLUE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE WEMACS. KBNA-KSAT.SDR ABXA200812050268Burner Can · defectiveSTRONG SMELL OF FUEL IN COCKPIT/CABIN WITH APU RUNNING AND AIR FLOW ON. FOUND THE APU NOZZLE COKED UP. REPLACED THE APU BURNER CAN ASSEMBLY IAW DC9 AMM 49-20-01-2.SDR ASAA0853963Fitting · missingAPU FAULT LIGHT WOULD NOT START WAITED 5 MINUTES WOULD NOT START ON RE ATTEMPT. ON INSPECTION OF APU FOUND PLENUM DOOR FASTENERS LOOSE ON RT AFT CORNER/ ONE RETAINER CLIP WAS MISSING FROM HOUSING (ON ORDER). PER FIM: REMOVED AND REPLACED INLET PRESSURE SENSSDR VNAA2008120900003Apu · hung startCREW REPORTED ON DESCENT INTO DAY, APU EXPERIENCED A HUNG START. MOMENTS LATER THE CREW TRIED TO START APU AND WAS SUCCESSFUL. BLEED AIR WAS SELECTED TO APU AND A STRONG FUEL SMELL WAS EVIDENT IN COCKPIT AND CABIN. APU WAS SHUTDOWN AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOSDR DXTA200811243372Apu · failedPREFLIGHT CABIN PAC HAS STRONG VERY STRONG, DIRTY SOCK/OIL ODOR WHEN APU RUNNING. RAN APU CABIN AND COCKPIT BOTH HAD A ODOR OF DIRTY SOCKS ESPECIALLY CABIN , (APU RUNNING ONLY) LOOKED DOWN INLET OF APU, FOUND OIL AROUND INNER AND INLET SECONDARY SCREEN. REMOVSDR C2XA08TY134Apu · malfunctionedBNA - MX WAS IN THE COCKPIT OF THE A/C TROUBLESHOOTING THE APU, AND RECEIVED AN APU FIRE MESSAGE AND DISCHARGED THE FIRE BOTTLE. THE APU FIRE BOTTLE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW EMB 145 AMM 26-22-01 AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. THE APU WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW SDR HALA2008112200868Apu · shutdownETOPS SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM, APU AUTOSHUTDOWN AT GATE. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU PER HAL M266-767.SDR DLM88081603Inlet · contaminatedBOTH AFT LAV SMOKE DETECTORS WENT OFF AFTER TAKEOFF FOR BUF BOTH ENG ANTI-ICE ON FOR TAKEOFF, NO SMOKE, SLIGHT ODOR DETECTED, DISSIPATED RAPIDLY. SUSPECT DE-ICE FLUID INGESTION. APU INLET CLEAN PERFORMED ALT DUCT BURNOUT PER AIJC OPN 5090 AND REPLACED WATERSDR AALA200802532AApu · auto shutdownSFO INFLIGHT - DURING CLIMB AUXILLIARY POWER UNIT (APU) AUTO SHUT DOWN WITH LEFT INTEGRATED DRIVE GENERATOR ON MEL. RETURNED TO SFO AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. REPLACED APU ON 20 NOV AT SFO. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.SDR ASAA0853707Igniter · failedAPU WON'T START. FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATES. APU HAS HISTORY OF NO STARTS. ADDED 1 QT OIL, CLEARED FAULT. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU IGNITER PLUG AND LEAD REF MM 49 41 52, APU OPS CHECKED GOOD 4 STARTS. APU HAS HISTORY OF NO STARTS. PRIORITY 1. REMOVED AND REPSDR DXTA2008103103329Apu · failedAPU FAILED WHILE RUNNING ON THE RAMP, APU FAIL LIGHT ON. APU INOP. COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE, SHUTDOWN APU, STARTED ENGINES, SMOKE CLEARED. REMOVED FAILED APU AND INSTALLED A REPAIRED APU IAW MM 49-10-00. OPS CHECK GOOD. LEAK CHECK GOOD.SDR DL777081460Engine · making metalREMOVED AND REPLACED APU DUE TO METAL ON CHIP DETECTOR. POST MTC IN-FLT START IN FLT RELEASE. FOUND EXCESSIVE METAL ON MAIN CHIP DET. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU PER M/M OPS GOOD.SDR SWAA085822Apu · leakingAIR TURNBACK / DECLARED EMERGENCY. APPROX 4 MINS. AFTER TAKEOFF BOTH LAV SMOKE ALARMS SOUNDED. FLT ATTENDANTS REPORTED A SLIGHT ODOR & HAZE IN CABIN. FAINT ODOR IN COCKPIT. RETURNED TO DAL. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU PER MM AND MT.SDR CA090107016Apu · smoke(CAN) FLT CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN FLIGHT DECK AFTER LANDING. SMOKE DISSIPATED AFTER PACKS SELECTED OFF, APU 3800488-3 P-601 19506/20144 (APU TIMES).SDR A6WA200840598Apu · faultySMOKE IN FLIGHT DECK AFTER LANDING. SMOKE DISSIPATED AFTER PACKS SELECTED OFF. OPERATED BOTH PACKS ON APU AIR AND DETERMINED APU TO BE CONTAMINATING PACKS WITH OIL ODOR .SDR DL76L081372Apu · failedAPU FAILED AFTER PUSHBACK. RESTARTED APU. LOAD CKS GOOD PWR AND PNEUMATICS.SDR DL75A081366Engine · inoperativeATTEMPTED 3 APU STARTS AT FL 370, APU WOULD NOT START, DISPLAYED APU FAULT EICAS MSG AFTER EACH ATTEMPT, APU STARTED OK ON GRND. FWD APU TO MCO AND PLACARD PER MEL 49-11-01A.
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