Service difficulty report · Excitor · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
December 22, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N959U
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49704
Part
Excitor
Condition
Shorted
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE LT CSD TEMP WAS HIGH AND CREW DISCONNECTED THE CSD. ATTEMPTED TO START APU FOR GENERATOR BUT APU WOULD NOT START. CORRECTED THE APU BY REPLACING THE OIL PRESS SEQUENCE SWITCH, MFG 692525-9, THE IGNITION COIL, MFG 10-381175-9, AND THE IGNITOR PLUG MFG CH31723. PLACARDED THE CSD INOPERATIVE PER MEL. MAINTENANCE LATER FOUND THE CSD OIL LEVEL LOW AND THE SCAVENGE FILTER DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE INDICATOR POPPED. REPLACED THE CHARGE AND SCAVENGE FILTER PRECAUTIONARY. CSD SERVICED TO PROPER LEVEL. THE APU IGNITION EXCITOR THAT WAS REPLACED WAS FOUND IN THE SHOP TO HAVE AN INTERNAL SHORT WHICH CAUSED THE APU TO NOT START. CHECK-C 10-10-98 STL.

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