Service difficulty report · Cent Switch · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
August 23, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N33817
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49371
Part
Cent Switch
Part number
360948013
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
18,363 hours
Component
3812761M
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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What was found

THE APU HAD A HISTORY OF AUTO SHUTDOWN DURING CLIMB PORTION OF FLIGHT AROUND FL250. THE APU HAD BEEN TEMPORARILY PLACARDED INOPERATIVE. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM IN EWR, THE APU CENTRIFUGAL SWITCH WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, LEAK AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE PLACARD WAS REMOVED. THE AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN OVER EIGHT FLIGHTS WITHOUT A REPEAT OF APU PROBLEMS SINCE THIS CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS IMPLEMENTED.

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