What was found
APU COMBUSTOR CAP HAD A CRACKED WELD. THE CRACKED WELD WAS ADJACENT TO THE HEAT DEFLECTOR. UNIT HAD 820 TT SINCE NEW.
- Difficulty date
- August 16, 2005
- Submitted
- August 16, 2005
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N569CW
- Make and model
- Gulstm GIV
- Aircraft serial
- 1145
- Aircraft time
- 4,000 hours, 1,600 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Cap
- Part number
- 36150861
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Apu Combustor
- Part time
- 820 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.