Service difficulty report · Igniter · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
November 29, 2009
Submitted
November 30, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N676UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
30028
Aircraft time
31,750 hours, 8,075 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4052
Part
Igniter
Part number
38880585
Part serial
170
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Apu Engine
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.

What was found

APU WOULD NOT START AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS. ALSO APU FAULT EICAS. BOX BITE NO START WITH NO AUDIBLE IGNITION ON START ATTEMPTS. REPLACED IGNITER PLUG, LEAD AND IGNITION UNIT. APU STARTS NORMAL