Service difficulty report · Apu · Bombdr DHC8402

Difficulty date
February 17, 2006
Submitted
February 22, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N405QX
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8402
Aircraft serial
4047
Aircraft time
11,347 hours, 11,753 cycles
Part
Apu
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
TX
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

PDX FLIGHT NR 2335 - APU STARTED NORMALLY AND RAN WITH GENERATOR SUPPLYING POWER, BUT WHEN BLEED AIR WAS SELECTED, APU AUTO SHUTDOWN AND FAIL MESSAGE APPEARED ON APU CONTROL PANEL. RAN EA/CHECKLIST AND RESTORED APU STARTED NORMALLY. MAINTENANCE RAN APU WITH GENERATOR AND AIR. NO APU SHUTDOWN. ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL CHECK IAW Q400 AMM TASK 49-00-00-720-801. OPS CHECK NORMAL. NO PARTS REPLACED. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.