Service difficulty report · Contactor · Boeing 767383

Difficulty date
May 1, 2007
Submitted
May 2, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N984AN
Make and model
Boeing 767383
Aircraft serial
24357
Aircraft time
68,473 hours, 15,524 cycles
Part
Contactor
Part number
A703CD
Part serial
CJ47088
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu Start
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

APU FAILED TO START FAULT LIGHT ILLUM AND EICAS MSG. APU FAULT DISPLAYED, ADDITIONAL START ATTEMPTS UN SUCCESFULL. VISUALLY SMOKE WAS DETECTED IN THE APU AREA AND APU FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYSTEM WAS USED. IN ACCORDANCE WITH WDM 49-41-11 PAGE 1 THE WIRES W020-032-24 AND W1050-033-24 WERE CHECKED BY CONTINUITY AND ISOLATION. THE APU CRANK CONTACTOR K117 WAS REPLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMM 49-41-05 PAG 401 AND APU START RELAY K197 WAS REPLACED TOO. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMM 49-61-05 PAGE 401 THE ECU WAS REPLACED AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMM 24-31-04 PAGE 401 THE APU BATTERY WAS REPLACED. AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMM 49-11-01 PAGE 401. TEST SATISFACTORY. FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYST