Service difficulty report · Compressor · Boeing 737281

Difficulty date
March 17, 2001
Submitted
March 28, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Boeing 737281
Aircraft time
40,334 hours
Engine
Pwa JT8D17
Part
Compressor
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Apu
Part time
41,944 hours, 3,531 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING OUT OF VANCOUVER WHEN THE APU DID AN AUTO SHUT DOWN AND THE APU FIRE HANDLE ILLUMINATED. THE FIRE HANDLE WAS PULLED BUT THE BOTTLE WAS NOT DISCHARGED DUE TO THE FIRE INDICATION GOING OUT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO VANCOUVER WHERE THE APU AREA WAS INSPECTED AND NO EVIDENCE OF A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED. THE APU WAS PLACED ON MEL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION LATER IN THE DAY FOUND THAT THERE WAS METAL FRAGMENTS FOUND IN THE INTAKE OF THE APU AND THE APU WAS REMOVED FROMTHE AIRCRAFT. IT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE OVERHAUL FACILITY FOR DISASSEMBLY AND REPAIR.