What was found
APU SHUT DOWN ON ITS OWN AT THE GATE. FOUND METAL IN OIL FILTER AND CHIP DETECTOR. REPLACED APU. OP CHECKS NORMAL.
- Difficulty date
- April 14, 2008
- Submitted
- April 16, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N671UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 767322
- Aircraft serial
- 30026
- Aircraft time
- 30,575 hours, 8,249 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4056
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 380029817
- Condition
- Shutdown
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.