What was found
SEVERAL LARGE SPARKS SHOOTING OUT OF THE APU TAIL PIPE. FOUND INTERNAL TURBINE FAILURE. REPLACED APU
- Difficulty date
- September 19, 2008
- Submitted
- September 24, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N549UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 25397
- Aircraft time
- 63,464 hours, 18,368 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Sparks
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.