Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
September 25, 2004
Submitted
March 22, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N673UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
29241
Aircraft time
15,893 hours, 4,688 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4052
Engine time
2,754 hours, 4,030 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

RETURNED TO HNL DUE TO FAILED EN ROUTE ETOPS VERIFICATION, APU ALTITUDE START. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA UPDATE, THE CAUSE OF THE FAILED ALTITUDE START WAS NOT CONFIRMED. TEST CELL FINDINGS COULD NOT REPEAT NO START EVENT. THE FOLLOWING LRU WERE ROUTED-GENERATOR OIL SWITCH, P2 SENSOR, LOT SWITCH, EXCITER, DE-OIL SOLENOID VALVE, FUEL FLOW DIVIDER, AND FUEL CONTROL UNIT RELATED TO ALTITUDE STARTING WERE REPLACED AS PRECAUTIONARY. APU PASSED THE AS-RECEIVED DIAGNOSTIC TEST. APU WAS TREATED AS A CONVENIENCE SHOP VISIT AND MADE SERVICEABLE. SUBSEQUENT, THE APU AND A/C COMBINATION EXHIBITED SAME EVENT. THE APU CONTROLLER AND APU START SWITCH WAS REPLACED. NO OTHER EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED.