Service difficulty report · Unknown · Airbus A330243

Difficulty date
March 31, 2023
Submitted
April 6, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N388HA
Make and model
Airbus A330243
Aircraft serial
1310
Aircraft time
44,139 hours, 6,948 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

SUPPLEMENTAL TO HALA2023040300076. UPDATED WITH RESOLUTION. ETOPS - APU FREQUENCY 387HZ AND AMBER. EITHER PACK-1 OR PACK-2 ON WILL CAUSE APU FREQUENCY TO FLUCTUATE FROM (384HZ-387HZ, 96%RPM), WHEN BOTH PACKS ARE OFF ALL STABILIZES (115V/400HZ-100%RPM) AND STEADY. REMOVED AND REPLACED GAPCU PER AMM 24-41-34. CONDITION SAME, RE-INSTALLED OLD GAPCU. REMOVED AND REPLACED FCU PER AMM 49-32-51. LEAK CHK GOOD, CONDITION SAME. SLAVED ECB INSTALLED, CONDITION SAME. RE-INSTALLED ORIGINAL ECB. WITH PACKS OFF APU GEN AT CONSTANT 400 HZ. RAN SINGLE PACK AND BOTH PACKS FOR 2 HOURS AND FREQUENCY FLUCTAUTED BETWEEN 395 TO 398 HZ. THESE VALUES WITHIN LIMITS PER A330 AMM 24-23-00. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE FAULT. ALL CHECKS OK. MEL CLEARED. PLACARD REMOVED

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