Service difficulty report · Oil System · Boeing 7878

Difficulty date
April 23, 2016
Submitted
April 25, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N26909
Make and model
Boeing 7878
Aircraft serial
34827
Aircraft time
10,599 hours, 1,241 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Low
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
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

AT FL 400 ATTEMPTED TO START APU 10 HRS INTO FLIGHT. APU WOULD NOT START. APU HANGS BETWEEN 30-50%, 3 ATTEMPTS ALL FAIL. APU MX MSG NR 49-10291 NOT ACTIVE. PERFORMED ASSOCIATED FIM TASK VISUALLY INSPECTION APU, NO LEAKS NOTED. SERVICED APU WITH 1QT OIL. APU STARTS & OPERATES NORMAL ON GND.

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