Service difficulty report · Apu · Gulstm G100

Difficulty date
February 14, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Gulstm G100
Aircraft time
504 hours
Engine
Garrtt TFE73140
Part
Apu
Part number
RE100
Condition
Shutdown
Part time
291 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT HAD UN-COMMANDED SHUTDOWN OF APU ON THE GROUND. APU WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER. MAINTENANCE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER SHOWED HIGH APU OIL TEMPERATURE. INSPECTED APU OIL TEMPERATURE SENDER FOUND OK. FOUND OIL FILTER BYPASS INDICATION PIN EXTENDED. REMOVED CHIP DETECTOR AND FOUND SOME "FUZZ". REMOVED OIL FILTER, FOUND METAL SUSPENDED IN OIL. APU MFG INSTRUCTED SOAP SAMPLE. MFG INDICATED APU TO BE REMOVED FOR REPAIR BASED ON SOAP RESULTS.