Service difficulty report · Starter · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
July 25, 2009
Submitted
July 27, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N209UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30215
Aircraft time
40,330 hours, 5,262 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW40903
Part
Starter
Part number
27044425
Part serial
96
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU CONTROL APUC DETECTED FAILURE OF REDUNDANT CONTROL FUNCTION OR LOSS OF ONE ARINC 629 CHANNEL. STATUS MSG01- ACTIVE TAXI IN HARD; ELECTRIC STARTER MOTOR HAS BRUSH WEAR. DB- APU CONTROLLER (APUC) MSG02- ACTIVE TAXI IN HARD; ELECTRIC STARTER MOTOR HAS BRUSH WEAR. MSG-4910760 ACTIVE TI HARD MSG-4910760 ACTIVE TI HARD. STARTER DRIVE (GEARBOX SIDE ) CLUTCH AND ADAPTER DAMAGED. STARTER DAMAGED ALSO. REPLACED APU ELECT STARTER & CLUTCH ASSY. REPLACED APUC, NO HELP. REPLACED APU STARTER (SERIAL NUMBER 34) OPS CHECKS GOOD.