What was found
REMOVED AND REPLACED APU DUE TO METAL ON CHIP DETECTOR. POST MTC IN-FLT START IN FLT RELEASE. FOUND EXCESSIVE METAL ON MAIN CHIP DET. REMOVED AND REPLACED APU PER M/M OPS GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- October 28, 2008
- Submitted
- October 30, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N866DA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777232
- Aircraft serial
- 29738
- Aircraft time
- 40,331 hours, 5,944 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Apu
- Part time
- 15,462 hours, 7,297 cycles
- Component
- Apu
- Component part number
- 38005501
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.