Service difficulty report · Seal · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
June 29, 2010
Submitted
October 6, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N266AA
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49291
Aircraft time
73,131 hours, 38,985 cycles
Part
Seal
Condition
Loose
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IAD - INFLIGHT LGA-DFW. AUXILIARY POWER UNIT LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT APU SHUT DOWN. LEFT ENGINE GENERATOR ON MEL. EMERGENCY DECLARED DIVERTED IAD ON ACCOUNT SINGLE GENERATOR OPERATION. FOUND LOOSE SEAL ON AXILIARY POWER UNIT OIL CAP. REPLACED APU OIL CAP, LEFT CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE AND GENERATOR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECKED NORMAL OPERATION.

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