What was found
SEVERAL GROUND CREW MEMBERS OBSERVED SPARKS COMING OUT OF APU EXHAUST. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED. REPLACED APU.
- Difficulty date
- December 15, 2016
- Submitted
- December 19, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N938UW
- Make and model
- Boeing 7572B7
- Aircraft serial
- 27246
- Aircraft time
- 72,471 hours, 26,458 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 380029812
- Part serial
- P272C
- Condition
- Sparks
- Part time
- 79,551 hours, 28,263 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.