Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 3, 2001
Submitted
April 27, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N588UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26717
Aircraft time
26,589 hours, 9,051 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Switch
Part number
38760592
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu Oil System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APU OIL QUANTITY STATUS MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. RIGHT GENERATOR PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE ACCOMPLISHED APU OIL CONSUMPTION CHECK. APU WAS CHECKED ONCE FOR OIL CONSUMPTION AND EXTERNAL OIL LEAKS, AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. SUSPECT THE OIL LEVEL SWITCH TO BE GIVING ERRONEOUS INDICATION. REPLACED OIL LEVEL SWITCH.