Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
January 14, 2008
Submitted
February 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N784UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26951
Aircraft time
47,715 hours, 7,112 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4090
Part
Starter
Part number
27044424
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU APUC DETECTED FAULT THAT WOULD CAUSE AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN OF APU IN UNATTENDED MODE OPERATION, OR COMPLETE LOSS OF APUC BUSS ACTIVITY (BOTH L AND R 629) FOR 3 SECONDS AFTER THE APU MASTER CONTROL SWITCH HAS BEEN IN THE ON POSITION FOR TEN APU CONTROLLER DETECTED FAULT THAT WOULD CAUSE AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN OF APU IN UNATTENDED MODE OPERATION, OR COMPLETE LOSS OF APUC BUSS ACTIVITY. REPLACED FAILING ELECTRIC START MOTOR. APU STARTED. NO APUC MESSAGE.