Service difficulty report · Fcu · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
March 16, 2006
Submitted
March 17, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803ML
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49726
Aircraft time
45,423 hours, 26,680 cycles
Part
Fcu
Part number
36091503
Part serial
P22648C
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Part time
6,997 hours, 4,195 cycles
Component
Apu · Garrtt · GTCP8598DHF
Component part number
GTCP8598DHF
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

A FUEL LEAK WAS DETECTED DURING APU STARTING. APU WAS DEFERRED IAW MM 49-1 AND AFT ACCESSORIES AREA WAS CHECKED, BEING CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND THE AIR CONDITIONING WATER SEPARATORS WERE REPLACED IAW MM 49-30-01 AND 21-20-02, TESTED CORRECT.

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