Service difficulty report · Connector · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 17, 2014
Submitted
April 17, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N544UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25322
Aircraft time
83,920 hours, 23,963 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2040
Part
Connector
Condition
Broken
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 SHUT DOWN AT GATE TWICE. BIT APU CONTROL BOX, GEN FILTER ILLUMINATED. CHECKED DIFF PRESS SW & FILTER, NO DEFECTS NOTED. R & R GEN CHIP DETECTORS, NO METAL FOUND. FOUND GEN DIFF SW CONNECTOR BACK SHELL CONNECTOR BROKEN & SAFETY WIRE BROKEN. CHECKED ABOVE DETECTORS IAW AMM 49-27-04 & PRESS SW & FILTER IAW AMM 49-27-03.