Service difficulty report · Gcu · Emb EMB145XR

Difficulty date
May 22, 2011
Submitted
May 25, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N23139
Make and model
Emb EMB145XR
Aircraft serial
145731
Aircraft time
23,072 hours, 12,456 cycles
Part
Gcu
Part number
51525014A
Part serial
99228
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
19,718 hours, 10,479 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FLIGHT 2808 - EWR - FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT ON APU START RECEIVED APU FIRE INDICATION THAT CLEARED ITSELF UPON RE-START - APU RE-STARTED BUT ZERO AMPS. EWR MX PERFORMED FIRE DETECTION ON APU - NO FAULTS FOUND. MX REMOVED AND REPLACED APU GCU AND PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK SUCCESSFULLY. ACFT WAS APPROVED TO RETURN TO SERVICE.

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