What was found
FOUND APU STARTER WIRES ARCING WITH NO PWR. APPLIED. STARTERNOT TURNING CAUSING CABLE TO BURN THROUGH STARTER. FOUND APU CONTACTOR BAD ALSO._C/A REPLACED CONTACTOR
- Difficulty date
- December 23, 2000
- Submitted
- January 2, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N651DL
- Make and model
- Boeing 757232
- Aircraft serial
- 24391
- Aircraft time
- 40,097 hours, 19,873 cycles
- Engine time
- 27,320 hours, 34,040 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4940 · APU Start/Ignition System
- Part
- Starter
- Condition
- Unserviceable
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 27,320 hours, 34,040 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- A
- Precautionary procedure
- H
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.