Service difficulty report · Apu · Boeing 767346

Difficulty date
April 1, 2026
Submitted
April 2, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N396UP
Make and model
Boeing 767346
Aircraft serial
40364
Aircraft time
29,095 hours, 9,562 cycles
Part
Apu
Part number
734284F
Part serial
4291
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Zone 100
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

EMERGENCY DECLARED DESCENDING THRU APPROXIMATELY 11000, APT FAULTS, APU AUTO SHUTDOWN RESULTING IN SINGLE ELECTRICAL SOURCE. RAN QRT ,APU CAME BACK UP ONLINE. PREVIOUS RESET APU GENERATOR SO WE DID NOT ATTEMPT A SECOND PER FIM 24-20 TASK 805, REPLACED APU GCU PER AMM 24-22-02. STARTED UP AND RAN APU SEVERAL TIMES, UNDERSPEED FAULT NEVER RETURNED (AMM 49-11-00-802-008). FOUND FAULT A/C STRT CIRCUIT, FOUND APU STARTER WIRE LOOSE CONNECTION AT STARTER. TIGHTENED, FAULT CLEARED AND DID NOT RETURN.