What was found
DURING TAXI IN, THE APU FAIL EICAS MESSAGE. GROUND PERSONEL REPORTED FIRE FROM APU. REPLACED APU ASSEMBLY. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED.
- Difficulty date
- May 18, 2017
- Submitted
- May 22, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N959UW
- Make and model
- Emb ERJ190100IGW
- Aircraft serial
- 19000166
- Aircraft time
- 21,917 hours, 15,902 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4900 · Airborne Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) System
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 4505001A
- Part serial
- HSCE0723415
- Condition
- Fire
- Part time
- 21,919 hours, 15,913 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- A
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.