Service difficulty report · Apu · Doug MD11F

Difficulty date
December 22, 2016
Submitted
January 11, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N620FE
Make and model
Doug MD11F
Aircraft serial
48791
Aircraft time
55,680 hours, 13,777 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
TSCP7004E
Part serial
P677C
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu Bay
Part time
17,576 hours, 19,307 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
F

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

What was found

ON PRE-FLIGHT WITH APU RUNNING SMOKE ENTERED FLIGHT DECK AND ALL AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS. SPARKS WERE SEEN EXITING APU EXHAUST AREA. APU FIRE HANDLE WAS PULLED AND BOTH FIRE BOTTLES WERE DISCHARGED. INSTALLED APU PER W/C 49T1901, APU OPS CHECKED GOOD WITH NO DEFECTS AT THIS TIME.

More about the Doug MD-11F