Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 777224

Difficulty date
June 14, 2006
Submitted
June 14, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N74007
Make and model
Boeing 777224
Aircraft serial
29477
Aircraft time
35,054 hours, 3,997 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
38005501
Part serial
P1216C
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
25,761 hours, 2,890 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

A FLIGHT ATTENDANT AT ROW 34 REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL AND SMOKY ODOR SHORTLY AFTER LEVEL OFF AT FL 360 EN ROUTE TO EWR. NO SMOKE WAS VISIBLE. THE ODOR WAS ONLY MOMENTARY. THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO EWR WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE APU HAD FAILED AND LEAKED OIL INTO THE PACK DUCTS. THE APU WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW MM 49-11-01. IN ADDITION, THE LT AND RT ACM'S AND HEAT CONDENSERS, AND RT HEAT EXCHANGER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. A PACK BURNOUT PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED AND THE RECIRCULATION FILTERS WERE REPLACED. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD AND A HIGH POWER RUN WAS PERFORMED WITH NO SMOKE OR ODORS OBSERVED.