Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 20, 2001
Submitted
April 27, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N560UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26660
Aircraft time
30,222 hours, 11,213 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Cooling Fan
Part number
36169596
Part serial
P1022C
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
Part time
2,683 hours, 3,348 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE FOUND COOLING FAN SHAFT SHEARED AND FAN HOUSING BROKEN. THIS IS THE LATEST -6 FAN WHICH WAS INSTALLED ON THIS APU. HONEYWELL IS WORKING ON THIS LONG TIME PROBLEM WHICH HAD CAUSED MANY DELAYS AND DISCREPANCIES, RENDERING THE APU INOPERATIVE RESULTING IN APU REMOVALS.