Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
October 5, 2009
Submitted
October 7, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N670UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
29240
Aircraft time
36,433 hours, 9,697 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4056
Part
Switch
Part number
AC4500032
Condition
Defective
Location
Apu Door
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

APU WON'T START. TRIED 3 TIMES GOT APU DOOR MSG. DOOR BREAKER IN, DOOR OPENS BUT APU WILL NOT START, DOOR IS CLOSED AND APU INOPERATIVE. WHEN APU MASTER SWITCH TURNED TO START RUN LIGHT ONLY FLASHES ONCE, SHOULD FLASH TWICE. THIRTY SECONDS LATER, APU DOOR STATUS MSG. APU DOOR OBSERVED TO BE PHYSICALLY OPEN. DOOR CLOSES WHEN SWITCH SELECTED OFF. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND APU DOOR OPEN SWITCH BAD. REPLACED APU INLET DOOR OPEN SWITCH S506. APU OPERATION NORMAL.