What was found
FAILED APU COLD SOAK START, APU STARTED ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, BUT DID AN AUTO SHUTDOWN, APU WOULD NOT LIGHT OFF ON ALL 3 ATTEMPTS. REPLACED THE IGNITION EXCITER.
- Difficulty date
- August 20, 2016
- Submitted
- August 22, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N810NW
- Make and model
- Airbus A330323
- Aircraft serial
- 0674
- Aircraft time
- 51,561 hours, 6,749 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4940 · APU Start/Ignition System
- Part
- Exciter
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- CR
- 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.