What was found
EXCESSIVE SMOKE FROM APU TAILPIPE. REPLACED APU, OPS AND LEAK CHECKS NORMAL.
- Difficulty date
- February 6, 2009
- Submitted
- May 4, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N552UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 757222
- Aircraft serial
- 26641
- Aircraft time
- 64,816 hours, 18,640 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW2037
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Apu
- Part number
- 380029817
- Part serial
- 61376
- Condition
- Smoke
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- B
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.