What was found
APU FAILED TO START ON GROUND. FOUND APU START SWITCH VERY LOOSE, CAN NOT SELECT PROPER START POSITION, SECURED START SWITCH. STARTED NORMAL IAW AMM 49-21-00.
- Difficulty date
- July 29, 2012
- Submitted
- July 31, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N582HA
- Make and model
- Boeing 76733AER
- Aircraft serial
- 28139
- Aircraft time
- 40,060 hours, 7,445 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4060
- System (JASC)
- 4940 · APU Start/Ignition System
- Part
- Switch
- Condition
- Loose
- Location
- Apu Start
- 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.