Service difficulty report · Valve · Boeing 75724APF

Difficulty date
April 10, 2018
Submitted
April 11, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N457UP
Make and model
Boeing 75724APF
Aircraft serial
25478
Aircraft time
29,144 hours, 17,453 cycles
Part
Valve
Part number
97980612
Part serial
725C
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APU FAILED IN FLIGHT, THE APU FAULT LIGHT AND EICAS ILLUMINATED. PERFORMED AN APU BITE TEST IAW MM 49-61-05-742-049. REVERSE FLOW PRESENT ON BITE. IAW FIM 49-11-00-815-880-002-2. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE APU SURGE VALVE IAW MM 49-53-01. OPS CHECKED GOOD, NO FAULTS SHOWN ON APU BITE CHECK.

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