Service difficulty report · Starter · Doug MD9030

Difficulty date
December 7, 2017
Submitted
December 10, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N922DX
Make and model
Doug MD9030
Aircraft serial
53584
Aircraft time
46,942 hours, 31,333 cycles
Part
Starter
Condition
Fire
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
A, J
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

DURING GROUND OPERATION, ACS ALERTED MAINTENANCE TO SMOKE FROM APU AREA. MAINTENANCE OPENED LT APU ACCESS DOOR AND FOUND APU STARTER ON FIRE. CLOSED ACCESS AND BLEW NR 1 FIRE BOTTLE. APU REMOVED AND COMPARTMENT INSPECTED AND CLEANED. NEW APU INSTALLED. A/C WIRING INSPECTION AND STARTER RELAY REPLACEMENT IN PROGRESS.

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