Service difficulty report · Cable · Boeing 767322

Difficulty date
February 1, 2010
Submitted
February 4, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N653UA
Make and model
Boeing 767322
Aircraft serial
25391
Aircraft time
74,813 hours, 12,184 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW4060
Part
Cable
Part number
6F16610501
Condition
Damaged
Location
Apu Generator
Component
Generator
Component part number
S281T00137
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 GEN WILL NOT STAY ON LINE. FIELD LIGHT FOR APU GEN LIGHT ON P-61 TRIED MANY TIMES TO RESET, NO JOY. TRIED NEW GCU, NO HELP. FOUND GEN FEEDER CABLES BROKEN AT LUG T2 TERM BLOCK, STUDS ON GEN LOOSE, MAY NEED TO REPLACE 4 LUGS FOR GEN FEEDER CABLES. PULLED CB FOR GEN GCU TAGGED APU START. REPLACED APU GENERATOR. REPLACED FEEDER CABLE DUE TO CABLE BEING BURNED AT GENERATOR.