Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 757232

Difficulty date
August 31, 2006
Submitted
September 14, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N638DL
Make and model
Boeing 757232
Aircraft serial
23761
Aircraft time
61,152 hours, 28,837 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Engine time
31,173 hours, 41,490 cycles
Part
Apu
Part serial
P1164
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Aft
Part time
31,173 hours, 41,490 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

EN ROUTE FROM FLL TO BOS - APU SHUTDOWN. A RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED. COULD NOT RESTART. A DIVERT TO JFK NECESSARY DUE TO SINGLE GEN DISPATCH FROM FLL. BITE APU ECU FAULTS LOP LAST RUN - FOUND OIL QTY EMPTY. CK CHIP DET, ALL OK. NO DELTA P POPPED. SVC APU W/8PTS STARTED AND RAN APU - NO OBVIOUS LEAKS. NO OIL IN TAILPIPE. APU DID NOT TAKE OIL SINCE AUG 11. RAN APU FOR 2 HRS, NO EXTERNAL LEAKS FOUND. RAN APU FOR 1.5 HRS ON GATE APU OIL QTY NORMAL. NO BITE ON EC, NO OIL LEAKS NOTED, APU OPS NORMAL.