Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
January 30, 2009
Submitted
February 4, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N775UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
26947
Aircraft time
53,932 hours, 10,017 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Starter
Part number
27044425
Part serial
34
Condition
Failed
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

APU WOULD NOT START. THREE ATTEMPTS. EXISTING FAULT MESSAGE 49-17004 AND 49-17002 CURRENTLY LATCHED. CHANGED APU BATTERY, CHANGED APU CHARGER CHANGED K49002 RELAY P310, NO HELP. PER TAXI CREW APU STARTED NORMAL WITH AIR STARTER. REPLACED APUC CONT, NO HELP. STARTER DRAWS NO POWER DURING START ATTEMPT. MSG 49-10620 FIM 49-40-812 28VDC OK THRU K24494 RELAY. NEEDS STARTER MOTOR. REPLACED ELEC STARTER, OPS CHECK GOOD.