Service difficulty report · Switch · Doug MD83

Difficulty date
February 13, 2019
Submitted
April 3, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N966TW
Make and model
Doug MD83
Aircraft serial
53616
Aircraft time
53,805 hours, 27,565 cycles
Part
Switch
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE APU WILL NOT SHUTDOWN, CONTINUE RUNNING WITH THE MASTER SWITCH IN OFF. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE CENTRIFUGAL SWITCH ON THE APU IAW AMM 49-60-01. STARTED APU AND SHUT IT DOWN NORMALLY WITH COCKPIT APU SWITCH TWICE. BOTH TIMES APU SPOOLED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 55-60 SECONDS AFTER APU SWITCH SELECTED TO OFF.

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