What was found
DURING MAIN ENGINE START, APU SHUT DOWN.. MAINTENANCE FOUND A HOLE IN APU COMPRESSOR CASE, NO AC DAMAGE NOTED. REPLACED THE APU. CHECKED OK.
- Difficulty date
- March 4, 2000
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N311US
- Make and model
- Airbus A320211
- Aircraft serial
- 124
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Turbine Case
- Condition
- Punctured
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- UK
- Nature of condition
- T, J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.