Service difficulty report · Exciter · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
April 7, 2010
Submitted
April 9, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N590UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28708
Aircraft time
48,705 hours, 13,536 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Exciter
Part number
38880581
Part serial
164
Condition
Faulty
Location
Apu Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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 FAULT 3 START ATTEMPTS NO START. ACCOMPLISHED BITE ON ECU-HAD "NO FLAME" WITH FAULT UNITS OF "IGN UNIT,"FUEL CONTROL" AND "NR 2 TC RAKE." REPLACED APU IGNITION UNIT AND IGNITION LEAD, AND IGNITION PLUG. STARTED APU ON FIRST ATTEMPT.