Service difficulty report · Igniter · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
May 5, 2017
Submitted
May 9, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N384HA
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1259
Aircraft time
26,218 hours, 4,092 cycles
Part
Igniter
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

APU FAULT ECAM DURING START UP. ONLY GOT UP TO 17 PERCENT, THEN AUTOSHUTDOWN. TRIED TO START APU TWO TIMES DURING DESCENT. BOTH WITH AUTO SHUTDOWN & APU FAULT ECAM. TROUBLESHOT IAW TSM 49-00-00. FOUND IGNITER AT FAULT. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH APU IGNITER PLUGS IAW AMM 49-41-41. APU STARTED OK. ECAM MESSAGE CLEARED.

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