Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 76733A

Difficulty date
July 27, 2012
Submitted
July 30, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N589HA
Make and model
Boeing 76733A
Aircraft serial
33422
Aircraft time
38,018 hours, 6,955 cycles
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880587
Part serial
0916250401460
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU WOULD NOT START TWO ATTEMPTS, HUNG UP AT RPM 18. BITE APU ECU NO FAULTS NOTED. ON TEST FOUND APU IGNITION INOPERATIVE. R & R APU IGNITION EXCITER & IGNITER PLUG. APU START NORMAL & OPS CHECKED GOOD. OK FOR SERVICE IAW AMM 49-41-03-049-41-02.

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