Service difficulty report · Oil Cap · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
February 4, 2007
Submitted
February 6, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N621DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
22911
Aircraft time
66,500 hours, 32,834 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
10,224 hours, 14,282 cycles
Part
Oil Cap
Condition
Missing
Location
Apu
Part time
10,224 hours, 14,282 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

WITH THE RT ENG GEN ON MCO AND THE APU RUNNING IN FLIGHT, THE CREW GOT AN APU LOW OIL QTY MESSAGE. LATER THE APU SHUT DOWN AND THE A/C WAS DOWN TO A SINGLE ELECTRICAL SOURCE. IDG REPLACEMENT AND APU T/S IN WORK OPEN COWLING SERVICED APU. RAN APU. FOUND OIL FITTING WITH A MISSING CAP. REPLACED MISSING CAP. RAN APU. FOUND NO LEAKS.