Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
July 13, 2009
Submitted
July 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N661UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
27158
Aircraft time
69,447 hours, 11,372 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880585
Part serial
86307486
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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 WILL NOT START. REPLACED IGNITER PLUG, NO HELP. REPLACED LEAD, NO HELP. REPLACED EXCITER. REPLACED APU COOLING AIR SHUTOFF VALVE. REPLACED APU AIR INLET DOOR ACTUATOR. NUMEROUS APU STARTS ACCOMPLISHED, ALL OPS & INDICATIONS NORMAL.