Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 7572Q8

Difficulty date
September 22, 2005
Submitted
September 23, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804AM
Make and model
Boeing 7572Q8
Aircraft serial
26271
Aircraft time
36,760 hours, 14,400 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
97980611
Part serial
494
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
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 DURING ENGINES START, APU SHUT DOWN, FAULT LIGHT TURNED ON AND EICAS MESSAGE APU FAULT WAS DISPLAYED. THE FIM 49-11-00 PROCEDURES WAS PERFORMED. THE ENGINES START WAS PERFORMED WITH GROUND EQUIPMENT, ALL CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK SURGE VALVE AND GEARBOX VALVE WERE REPLACED IAW MM 49-53-01 AND MM 49-27-11, RESPECTIVELY. TESTS WERE PERFORMED AND BOTH ENGINE WERE MOTORIZED AT 30 PERCENT OF N2 IAW MM 49-00-00, OPERATING CORRECTLY THE APU.

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