What was found
APU LIMIT MSG DURING ENG START. DIS-CONNECTED APU THRU STEP NR 2.G. FOUND 2" HOLE ON SIDE OF COMBUSTION SECTION OF APU. LOWER LT SIDE. REPLACED APU, OPS CK AND LEAK CK GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- January 17, 2010
- Submitted
- February 8, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N773UA
- Make and model
- Boeing 777222
- Aircraft serial
- 26929
- Aircraft time
- 58,694 hours, 11,684 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PW4077
- System (JASC)
- 4920 · APU Core Engine
- Part
- Combust Chamber
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Apu Engine
- Component
- Apu
- Component part number
- 38005501
- 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.