Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Sys · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 29, 2013
Submitted
July 29, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N550UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25398
Aircraft time
23,585 hours, 23,585 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Bleed Air Sys
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AFTER LT ENGINE START, APU PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. REPLACED APU CHECK VALVE IAW MM 49-11-00. LEAK CHECKED, RAN ENGINES TWICE AT 5 MINUTE IDLE RUN VERIFIED NO EICAS MSGS, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL.