What was found
APU HAD A NO START. FOUND LOTS OF METAL ON GEAR BOX DRAIN CHIP DETECTOR. REPLACED APU. OPS CHECK NORMAL, NO LEAKS NOTED, NO MSG DISPLAYED.
- Difficulty date
- January 7, 2009
- Submitted
- January 8, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N798UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777222
- Aircraft serial
- 26928
- Aircraft time
- 47,545 hours, 7,068 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW40903
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Gearbox
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Apu
- Component
- Apu
- Component part number
- 38005501
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.