Service difficulty report · Innitor · Fokker F28MK4000

Difficulty date
March 5, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N478US
Make and model
Fokker F28MK4000
Aircraft serial
11227
Part
Innitor
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu
Part time
27,328 hours
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
A, J
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

BIL - DURING LANDING ROLL, BIL TOWER REPORTED FLAMES COMING FROM APU EXHAUST. FIRST OFFICER NOTICED APU TGT 650 DEGRESS AND INCREASING. SHUT DOWN APU. MX DEFERED THE APU. THE FOLLOWING DAY GEG MX GROUND RAN, FOUND AFTER APU WARMED UP IT HAD LOW OIL PRESSURE AND WOULD NOT START. CONTINUED MEL. ON 3/10/99 IN BOI, REPLACED APU. OPS CHECK GOOD. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE APU WAS BOROSCOPED AND THE COMBUSTION LINER AND FUEL NOZZLE WERE INSPECTED WITH NO FINDINGS. THIS UNIT WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE A BAD IGNITOR PLUG WHICH WAS REPLACED. IT WAS RUN NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT INCIDENT AND HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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