Service difficulty report · Battery · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
October 9, 2013
Submitted
October 10, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N551UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25399
Aircraft time
82,476 hours, 23,840 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Battery
Part number
018550000
Part serial
2124
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
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

APU NO START, 2 ATTEMPTS WITH FAULT BOTH TIMES. APU VERY SLOW TO SPOOL, ABORTS AT 19 PERCENT ON 3 TRIES. REPLACED APU BATTERY, WAS READING LOW VOLTAGE 21 BEFORE START & 11 VOLTS DURING START. REPLACED APU BATTERY IAW AMM, CHECKED GOOD. APU STARTS & RUNS NORMALLY.