Service difficulty report · Actuator · Boeing 777222

Difficulty date
December 5, 2009
Submitted
December 16, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N212UA
Make and model
Boeing 777222
Aircraft serial
30218
Aircraft time
33,827 hours, 7,483 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4077
Part
Actuator
Part number
R53653
Part serial
40
Condition
Seized
Location
Apu Door
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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 INOP, MGS DISPLAY APU DOOR, MAINT. MSG 49-14120. STARTED REMOVING APU INLET DOOR ACTUATOR AND FOUND ACTUATOR SEIZED, UNABLE TO EXTEND ACTUATOR MANUALLY TO ACCESS ROD END BOLT. NEED TO TORQUE BASE ASSY FASTENERS. REPLACED APU INLET DOOR ACTUATOR.