Service difficulty report · Contactor · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
November 19, 2017
Submitted
November 21, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N333EN
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft serial
221
Aircraft time
54,566 hours, 65,320 cycles
Part
Contactor
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
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 SHUT OFF. SUSPECTED WELDED APU CONTACTOR. CREW NOTICED EXCESSIVE SMOKE FROM APU AND PULLED THE APU FIRE BOTTLE. R & R THE APU GENERATOR IAW CARD 24-30-02. R & R APU START CONTACTOR IAW STANDARD PRACTICES AND APU GCU IAW AMM 24-49-03 AS PRECAUTION. RAN AND SHUT DOWN APU SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO FAULTS.