Service difficulty report · Mount · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
April 20, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Part
Mount
Part number
4503067C
Condition
Broken
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
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) DURING NORMAL MAINTENANCE, A TEAM WAS TASKED WITH REMOVING THE APU FROM THE Q400 AIRCRAFT. UPON DISCONNECTION OF THE REAR APU MOUNT BOLT, WHICH ATTACHES A TIE-ROD FROM THE TOP OF THE APU BAY TO A PICK UP CONSISTING OF TWO LUGS ATTACHED TO A BRACKET ON THE FORWARD FLANGE OF THE APU COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY, ONE OF THE LUGS WAS FOUND TO BE FRACTURED FROM THE BRACKET. (FOR ILLUSTRATION SEE HAMILTON SUNSTRAND APU T-62T-46C12 CMM 49-20-01-420-801 FIG 1001 SHEET 1 ITEM 8). CONSEQUENTLY THE APU WAS ONLY SUPPORTED AT THE REAR END FROM ONE POINT INSTEAD OF TWO. BRACKET AND LUGS SUPPLIED AS PART OF APU ASSEMBLY, APU CHANGED FOR REPLACEMENT UNIT AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. (TC# 20190506012)