Service difficulty report · Apu · Doug MD88

Difficulty date
June 28, 2005
Submitted
June 29, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N169PL
Make and model
Doug MD88
Aircraft serial
53175
Aircraft time
42,148 hours, 29,250 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu Bay
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PLATFORM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF APU DID NOT SUPPORT PNEUMATIC CHARGES FOR ENGINE STARTING. GPU WAS CONNECTED TO ENGINES STARTING AND APU WAS DEFERRED IAW MEL 49-1. DURING OVERNIGHT SERVICE APU WAS TESTED IAW MPCM 49-00-01 SETTING BOTH ENGINES IN 23 PERCENT OF N2 IAW MM 71-00-00, OPERATING CORRECTLY THE APU. DEFERRED REPORT WAS CLOSED.

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