What was found
APU QUIT AT GATE. FOUND METAL SILVER PARTICLES ON MAGNETIC DRAIN PLUG. REPLACED APU.
- Difficulty date
- April 5, 2008
- Submitted
- April 9, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N557AS
- Make and model
- Boeing 737890
- Aircraft serial
- 35176
- Aircraft time
- 6,960 hours, 2,017 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 38007021
- Part serial
- P7212
- Condition
- Shutdown
- Location
- Apu Bay
- Part time
- 6,979 hours, 3,359 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.