JASC 4940

Service difficulty reports · 1,425

Reports filed under 4940 · APU Start/Ignition System, 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 = '4940'
  ORDER BY difficulty_date DESC"

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SDR WTAA970220Starter Gen · failedFAT - SMOKE REPORTED IN CABIN AFTER APU SHUTDOWN. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED APU PER MEL 49-00-1. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. MAINTENANCE SUBSEQUENTLY CLEARED DEFERRAL BY REPLACING APU STARTER GENERATOR. OPERATIONAL CHECK SATISFACTORY. (X)Dec 3, 1997 · N284UE · Emb EMB120RTSDR 9721850982Exciter Box · failedWHILE CLIMBING THROUGH FL280, THE RIGHT CSD OIL TEMPERATURE BOTH OUT AND RISE, WENT OFF SCALE HIGH. THE CSD WAS DISCONNECTED SUCCESSFULLY. SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO START THE APU. THE COM PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TNov 18, 1997 · N982US · Doug DC932SDR 97UAL900683Starter · failedAPU WOULD NOT START. *S/D* REPLACED STARTER PER MM 49-41-01, OPS CHECKED GOOD.Sep 7, 1997 · N533UA · Boeing 757222SDR 97UAL900668Exciter · inoperativeAPU START PROBLEM, PRESSURE GOES TO ZERO ON ENGINE START, APU INOP. *S/D* FAULTY IGNITION EXCITER. REPLACED IGNITION UNIT.Sep 3, 1997 · N509UA · Boeing 757222SDR CALA9701225Starter · inoperativeWHILE OPERATING THE APU WITH THE NR 2 GENERATOR PLACARDED INOPERATIVE, THE APU SHUTDOWN CLIMBING THROUGH 3,000 FEET. RESTART ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO IAH WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT TO A FAILED STAAug 16, 1997 · N14246 · Boeing 737247SDR 97UAL900547Battery · failedAPU WILL NOT START. BATTERY VOLTAGE DROPS TO 15 VOLTS DURING OPERATIONAL CHECK. *S/D* APU BATTERY FAILED. REPLACED BATTERY.Jul 11, 1997 · N662UA · Boeing 767322SDR 97UAL900499Circuit Breaker · trippedAPU WOULD NOT START AT DEN. FOUND C1391 CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ACCOMPLISHED FIVE NORMAL STARTS, OPERATIONS CHECK NORMAL.Jun 30, 1997 · N585UA · Boeing 757222SDR 97ZZZX2717Diode Board · failedHOOKED UP APU AND STARTER IMMEDIATELY CRANKED ENGINE. INVESTIGATION FOUND BOARD CONTAINING DIODES IN CABIN NEXT TO POWER RELAY TO HAVE BOTH DIODES INOPERATIVE. PART IS IN DIFFICULT LOCATION TO TEST INDIVIDUAL DIODES. REPLACED DIODE BOARD P/N 1570043-1 AND May 26, 1997 · N732AJ · Cessna T210LSDR 97UAL900391Start Syst · malfunctionedUNABLE TO START APU AT ARRIVAL. *S/D* RAN APU, OPERATIONS CHECK NORMAL. AN OIL QUANTITY INDICATION SYSTEM FALSE MESSAGE IS SOMETIMES REPORTED AND IS SUSPECT IN THIS DISCREPANCY. THIS CAN RESULT FROM SERVICING THE APU OIL WHEN IT IS RUNNING. NO OTHER INCIDMay 22, 1997 · N655UA · Boeing 767322SDR ASAA9780074Start Relay · stuckSEA - DURING MAINTENANCE CHECK AND RUNUP OF THE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU), SMOKE AND FIRE WAS NOTED IN THE APU COMPARTMENT AREA. SHUT DOWN THE APU AND DISCHARGED BOTH AIRCRAFT FIRE BOTTLES AND USED A PORTABLE GROUND FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. May 3, 1997 · N940AS · Doug DC982SDR CA970401006Starter Relay · failed(CAN) APU CAUTION LIGHT AND APU STARTER LIGHT ON IN CRUISE AFTER DEPARTURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE. K62 STARTER RELAY FOR APU STARTER FOUND FAILED.Mar 19, 1997 · Dhav DHC8301SDR 97UAL900203Gear · failedAPU WILL NOT START. BATTERY REPLACED FOR LOW VOLTAGE AND STARTER REPLACED. STILL NO START. FOUND STARTER GEAR (P/N 3860823-1) WORN AND ELECTRIC CLUTCH PACK DAMAGED. ADDITIONAL, DAMAGE FOUND IN AREA OF CLUTCH HOUSING DURING CLUTCH REMOVAL RESULTED IN APU REMar 12, 1997 · N780UA · Boeing 777222SDR P5CA9600459Battery Compt · bentOUTBOARD FLANGE BENT APU BATTERY COMPARTMENT. REPAIRED PER BOEING SRM 51-30-02 AND 51-10-01.Aug 2, 1996 · N858FT · Boeing 747123SDR CALA9601065Ignition Syst · inoperativeTHE APU SHUT DOWN WHILE EN ROUTE TO EWR. A RESTART ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE APU COMBUSTOR UNIT AND IGNITION EXCITER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE APU WAS OPERATED SEVERAL TIMES AND LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD. PART TOTAL CYCLES, 5,593.Jul 24, 1996 · N937MC · Doug DC982SDR AU961068Contactor · seized(AUS) APU STARTER CONTACTOR SEIZEDJul 23, 1996 · Dhav DHC8102SDR 96ZZZX2895Relay · failedAPU WOULD NOT START. FOUND RELAY BURNED. REPLACED RELAY AND SHORT SECTION OF BATTERY LEAD WIRE, APU WORKS.May 8, 1996 · N5NA · Gulstm G159SDR GLBA96080Start Contactor · failedSUX - CREW REPORTED A 'HOT' SMELL COMING FROM COPILOT'S SIDE PANEL (PANEL WAS HOT). MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED APU START CONTACTOR AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS WHICH HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY HEAT. OPS CHECK WAS GOOD. (X)May 3, 1996 · N292UX · Emb EMB120ERSDR 96UAL900234Exciter · malfunctionedLEFT IDG DISCONNECTED AND APU WOULD NOT START IN-FLIGHT AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO SLC. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE: REPLACED IGNITION EXCITER, IGNITION PLUG, AND LEAD. OPERATION CHECKS NORMAL. IGNITION EXCITERS ARE BEING UPGRADED PER OEM 49-41-09,Apr 3, 1996 · N516UA · Boeing 757222SDR 96ZZZX1957Exciter · failedIGNITION EXCITER WILL NOT PRODUCE OUTPUT VOLTAGE TO PROVIDE APU START. FAILED TO OPERATE.Mar 20, 1996 · N57HJ · Gulstm G1159SDR CA960315019Ground Lead · burnt(CAN)APU START GROUNDING LEAD LOOSE AT TERMINAL POST OF GROUNDING BRACKET CAUSING ARCING ELONGATION OF HOLE ON BRACKET. ONE TERMINAL LEAD BURNED. CORROSION AROUND HOLE MAY HAVE CAUSED BAD CONTACT.Mar 6, 1996 · Boeing 75728ASDR 97ZZZX1045Housing · defectiveINSIDE DIAMETER OF END BELL WHICH RECEIVES THE INSERT IS OVERSIZED BY .1245 INCH. A BUSHING FABRICATED FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE STEEL WAS FOUND INSTALLED IN PLACE OF THE REQUIRED OEM INSERT. THIS IS CONTRARY TO THE OEM MANUAL. ATA 49-20-08, PAGE 626, FIGURE Feb 3, 1996SDR DL757954247K117 Relay · failedWORKING INOP APU, FOUND STARTER BURNED UP AND APU BATTERY DEAD. RELAY K-117 CONTACTS WELDED CLOSED CAUSING STARTER TO RUN CONTINUOUS UNTIL APU BATTERY WENT DEAD.Nov 5, 1995 · N618DL · Boeing 757232SDR 9512865526Starter · failedDURING CRUISE AND WITH THE NR 1 ENGINE IDG ON MEL, THE APU SHUTDOWN DUE TO LOSS OF OIL. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO JNU WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING TOOK PLACE. THE IDG AND APU STARTER WERE REPLACED AND BOTH SYSTEM CHECKED OK.Aug 20, 1995 · N526US · Boeing 757251SDR DLM88952328Starter · oil leakON CLIMBOUT F/A REPORTED SMOKE ODOR IN CABIN, TURNED RT PACK OFF, SMOKE SEEMED TO DISSIPATE, RETURNED FLT TO PHL. FOUND OIL LEAK ON APU STARTER. ITEM WAS DEFFERRED PER MEL, ROR RETURN TO SERVICE, LATER STARTER WAS REPLACED, OPERATION NORMAL.May 26, 1995 · N976DL · Doug MD88SDR DL757950629Controller · faultyDURING CRUISE, HAD RIGHT GENERATOR AND DRIVE LIGHT, APU FAILED TO START, DIVERTED DFW. REPLACED APU BATTERY, CONTROLLER, AND IGNITION PLUG, OPERATION NORMAL. CONTROLLER HAD HISTORY OF NO FLAME FAULT.Feb 2, 1995 · N642DL · Boeing 757232
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