Service difficulty report · Oil System · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
November 11, 2025
Submitted
November 17, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N799UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26926
Aircraft time
111,147 hours, 14,600 cycles
Part
Oil System
Condition
Leaking
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, B
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLT DECK CREW REST SMOKE ALARM ACTIVATED DUE TO PACK. ACCOMPLISHED FIM TASK 21-00 TASK 808. WITH APU AIR, RAN LT PACK ONLY, AFTER A MIN SMELLED WET DOG/SOUR MILK ODOR, THEN SAME PREVIOUS SMOKE DETECTED MESSAGES POPPED UP, TURNED OFF LT PACK. USED GROUND CONDITIONED AIR TO CLEAR THE ODOR FROM CABIN. WITH APU AIR, RAN RT PACK ONLY, AFTER A COUPLE OF MINS SMELLED WET DOG/SOUR MILK ODOR AGAIN, THEN SAME PREVIOUS SMOKE DETECTED MESSAGES POPPED UP, TURNED OFF RT PACK. FOUND NO OIL RESIDUE IN APU DUCTS IMMEDIATELY FWD OF APU, BUT APU OIL QTY WAS LOW (4.4 APU NOT RUNNING). SUSPECT APU OIL LEAK INTERNALLY, PROCEEDED TO REPLACE APU. APU REPLACED. NO SMOKE DETECTOR EICAS MESSAGES WITH APU OPS. NO EXISTING FAULTS.