Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Boeing 767332

Difficulty date
September 15, 2006
Submitted
September 21, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N188DN
Make and model
Boeing 767332
Aircraft serial
27583
Aircraft time
48,327 hours, 7,414 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Damaged
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
9
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

LOST RIGHT ENGINE GENERATOR APPROX 3:15 HRS INTO THE FLIGHT. APU RUNNING AND THEN GOT APU OIL QTY APPROX 3 HRS LATER. APU SHUTDOWN APPROX 2:26 HRS LATER. DIVERTING TO FLL. RIGHT GENERATOR PLACED ON MCO PER MEL 24-00-01. FOUND APU GEN CHIP DET O-RING DAMAGED WHICH RESULTED IN APU OIL LOSS AND SUBSEQUENT AUTO SHUTDOWN. O-RING REPLACED, APU CHECKS NORMAL.