Service difficulty report · Contactor · Boeing 777223

Difficulty date
August 19, 2019
Submitted
August 22, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N793AN
Make and model
Boeing 777223
Aircraft serial
30255
Aircraft time
75,373 hours, 9,585 cycles
Part
Contactor
Part number
CC0708IMUA34B
Part serial
N215
Condition
Burned
Location
Apu Crank
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED: PILOT REPORTS APU FAULT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON START. APU WOULD NOT START. ASSOCIATED ACRID SMELL AT ROW 33. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND THE APU CRANK CONTACTOR AT FAULT, INSPECTED ALL WIRES IN THE CONTACTOR AND FOUND NO WIRES DAMAGED. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU CRANK CONTACTOR IAW AMM 24-31-09. APU GROUND TEST OK.