- Difficulty date
- December 22, 2008
- Submitted
- December 23, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N596UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 28749
- Aircraft time
- 43,123 hours, 11,952 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- Part
- Starter
- Part number
- 5198588
- Condition
- Faulty
- Location
- Apu
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- W
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
APU FAILED TO START. FAULT LGT ILLUM AND EICAS MSG. APU FAULT DISPLAYED. ADDITIONAL START ATTEMPTS UNSUCCESSFUL. CREW COMMENTS: 4 ATTEMPTS UNSUCCESSFUL. EGT ROSE TO 790 RPM 21. AUTO SHUTDOWN. REMOVED & REPLACED APU STARTER. OP CHECKS GOOD.