Service difficulty report · Door · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
December 18, 2013
Submitted
December 19, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N544UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25322
Aircraft time
82,785 hours, 23,696 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Door
Condition
Frozen
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU WILL NOT START. OPENED INLET DOOR MANUALLY VIA MANUAL DRIVE IAW AMM 49-15-06. FOUND ICE & SNOW STUCK IN INLET ACTUATOR AREA. APU INLET DOOR FROZEN ICED SHUT. RAN APU & MELTED COMPARTMENT. CYCLED APU SEVERAL TIMES, OPERATIONS NORMAL.