Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 21, 2010
Submitted
March 22, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N590UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28708
Aircraft time
48,512 hours, 13,474 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880581
Part serial
170
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Apu
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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 FAILED STARTS. ACCOMPLISHED TEST AND APU FAILED INITIAL START TEST WITH MASTER SW TO START: FUEL SOL LT, IGNIT FUEL DIV, DE-OIL, BLEED RELAY LOP & HOT NEVER CAME. STATIC CHECK RES CHECKED OK. ACCOMPLISHED TEST WITH APU TESTER IAW MM AND APU FAILED INITIAL START UP TEST WITH MASTER SW TO ON APU WOULDN`T CRANK. REPLACED IGNITER PLUG AND EXCITER BOX, INSPECTED CHIP DETECTORS FOUND NO METAL, APU STARTED NORMAL 3 TIMES, ENGINE STARTS AND PACK OPS NORMAL.