What was found
DURING TRANSIT CHECK, TECH DETECTED THE APU DOOR OPEN AND FOLDED. MX PERFORMED THE DOOR INSP DETECTING THAT FOLD WAS NOT REPAIRABLE, SO IT WAS REPLACED IAW MM 52-45-00, ALL CORRECT.
- Difficulty date
- September 24, 2010
- Submitted
- September 29, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N838AM
- Make and model
- Doug MD83
- Aircraft serial
- 49397
- Aircraft time
- 68,635 hours, 33,586 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT8D
- System (JASC)
- 5247 · Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) Doors
- Part
- Door
- Part number
- 591508147
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.