Service difficulty report · Solenoid · Airbus A320232

Difficulty date
December 7, 2013
Submitted
December 10, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N402UA
Make and model
Airbus A320232
Aircraft serial
439
Aircraft time
65,201 hours, 24,641 cycles
Engine
Iae V2527A5
Part
Solenoid
Part number
756722A
Part serial
2350
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

APU WILL NOT START HANGS AT 17% THEN AUTO SHUTS DOWN. AHM ASD RPT 14 INDICATES NO FLAME. HOWEVER DATA ALSO INDICATES POSSIBLE COLD SOAK, EGT NEVER GOT ABOVE -8C, OIL SUMP TEMP -18C & LCIT -16C. DRILL DOWN MCDU TO APU FAULTS CONDITION PG & NOTE LRU ID & TROUBLE SHOT IAW FCN INDICATED. DE-OIL VLV PCN 225-0092, LCIT SNSR 225-0076. REPLACED DE-OILING SOLENOID & INLET PRESS TEMP SENSOR IAW 49-91-49-400-002 & 49-23-17-400-001, OPERATIONS CHECKED APU, OKAY.

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